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Grandma Norman and the Queen
Philip Norman
‘From the fifties to the seventies the Queen hadn't put a foot wrong.’
Granta 166: Generations Online
Generation Gap
‘We meet at various points in the great swathes of the past that neither of us were alive to witness.’
Allen Bratton on a daytrip to a castle with his older boyfriend.
Generation Gap
‘Listening to three white poets, whom I suspect are academics, talk about the state of poetry.’
Oluwaseun Olayiwola eavesdrops on an older generation.
Generation Gap
‘I’d been dubious about his company at first.’
Sarah Moss on watching Shakespeare with her twelve-year-old son.
Generation Gap
‘She didn’t trust us because, to her, tenants were like children.’
Kate Zambreno on negotiating with her older landlady.
Generation Gap
‘A moment now swallowed in embarrassment, I asked a question only a young person might ask an older one.’
Lynne Tillman on trying to understand what makes a generation.
Philip Norman
Philip Norman was born in 1943 and was brought up on the Isle of Wight, where his father operated the Amusement Arcade and Skating Rink at the end of Ryde Pier. He has written widely about music for the Sunday Times and The Times. He is the author of SHOUT! The True Story of the Beatles, The Skater’s Waltz and The Road Goes on Forever. In 1983, he was named one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. His most recent biographies include John Lennon: The Life (2008) and Mick Jagger (2012).
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