Imagine the conversation if novelist Barbara Cartland had met MP Louise Mensch. The Conservative member for Corby and East Northamptonshire, Mrs Mensch is better known as Louise Bagshawe, internationally-acclaimed chick-lit author.
While the late legendary romance writer dictated her prose from the comfort of a chaise longue, her modern counterpart has more pressing matters on her mind. Earlier this year she was seen asking awkward questions at the press inquiry into phone hacking, not to mention her recent spat with journalist Sarah Vine.
Sarah, meanwhile, is married to Education Secretary Michael Gove, himself a former journalist, who strongly defends his wife's right to the freedom of speech. I wonder what they talk about over their Waitrose supper?
It seems to me that the line between writers and politicians has blurred in a way that would have been impossible twenty years ago. Can you picture Enoch Powell writing a play about immigration? Or Margaret Thatcher reading the news?
Incidentally, Louise was recently described in GQ magazine as 'The spiritual granddaughter of Margaret Thatcher. In the days of the 'Iron Lady,' writers and politicians were at different ends of the spectrum, each understanding their own place.
And then, of course, there was Jeffrey Archer. But that's a whole different story...
While the late legendary romance writer dictated her prose from the comfort of a chaise longue, her modern counterpart has more pressing matters on her mind. Earlier this year she was seen asking awkward questions at the press inquiry into phone hacking, not to mention her recent spat with journalist Sarah Vine.
Sarah, meanwhile, is married to Education Secretary Michael Gove, himself a former journalist, who strongly defends his wife's right to the freedom of speech. I wonder what they talk about over their Waitrose supper?
It seems to me that the line between writers and politicians has blurred in a way that would have been impossible twenty years ago. Can you picture Enoch Powell writing a play about immigration? Or Margaret Thatcher reading the news?
Incidentally, Louise was recently described in GQ magazine as 'The spiritual granddaughter of Margaret Thatcher. In the days of the 'Iron Lady,' writers and politicians were at different ends of the spectrum, each understanding their own place.
And then, of course, there was Jeffrey Archer. But that's a whole different story...
2 comments:
Not sure I understood if its a good thing or not, but I did like the mention of the chaise longue!
In that case - I think I know who you are...thanks for stopping by!
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