Novelist Edna O'Brien & Designer Sir Kenneth Grange -

Novelist Edna O'Brien & Designer Sir Kenneth Grange

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In 1960, Ireland’s minister for culture pronounced Edna O'Brien's first novel, The Country Girls, “a smear on Irish womanhood”. Over time she would come to be hailed as one of the country’s most gifted writers. And we celebrate the life and work of Sir Kenneth Grange who, as a designer, created objects that changed the way we live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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