I am delighted to share a very special article which I have co-written with Martin Edwards for CrimeReads: “Josephine Tey and the Detection Club: A Mystery Solved.” When I first wrote my biography of Josephine Tey, I heard that Tey had spoken with fellow Golden Age crime writer Dorothy L. Sayers, but was never able … More Josephine Tey, Dorothy L. Sayers and the Mystery of the Detection Club
There is a follow-up article in the Press & Journal online today about support for a blue plaque for Josephine Tey: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/3362347/support-grows-for-inverness-blue-plaque-for-the-crimewriters-crimewriter/ You can read their original article from the other week here: a blue plaque for Josephine Tey? As Josephine Tey’s biographer, I have always believed in the quality and importance of her writing. I … More support for a blue plaque for Josephine Tey
A new article in the Press & Journal about Josephine Tey, highlighting the changes at the site of her family’s shop in Castle Street in Inverness – and suggesting the idea of a blue plaque for Tey…
I’ve written about ‘MEMD’ on this blog before, and the other week journalist Susy Macaulay contacted me about a piece she was writing about ‘Herself’. Photographer Mary Ethel Muir Donaldson’s evocative pictures of the Highlands were featured in an article in the Press & Journal at the weekend. You can read the article online here: … More MEMD – new article and photographs
One edition of Josephine Tey’s book “The Daughter of Time” was published in the distinctive green covers of the Penguin Crime series. A friend sent me this link the other day, to the recent obituary of Romek Marber, the designer of these classic covers: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/apr/20/romek-marber-obituary Marber had a fascinating life, escaping from the Holocaust and … More Romek Marber and Josephine Tey
Jennifer Morag Henderson 