I'm not an historian and I'm not wanting to write about how I perceive the social change over the century as a historian, but as somebody who's walked through it and whose life has been dictated by it too, as all our lives are. Penelope Lively centurychangedictate share on social
We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance. Penelope Lively choiceconstantlyfoil Change image and share on social
The consideration of change over the century is about loss, though I think that social change is gain rather than loss. Penelope Lively centurychangeconsideration Change image and share on social
I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation. Penelope Lively characterembedfictional Change image and share on social
I'm writing another novel and I know what I'm going to do after, which may be something more like this again, maybe some strange mixture of fiction and non-fiction. Penelope Lively fictionmixturestrange Change image and share on social
I'm now an agnostic but I grew up on the King James version, which I'm eternally grateful for. Penelope Lively agnosticeternallygrateful Change image and share on social
I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past. Penelope Lively archaeologyaspecthistorian Change image and share on social
We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from. Penelope Lively identitypastsense Change image and share on social
Getting to know someone else involves curiosity about where they have come from, who they are. Penelope Lively curiosityinvolve Change image and share on social
