Psiche Hughes in Conversation

When:
September 24, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
2014-09-24T18:00:00+01:00
2014-09-24T19:30:00+01:00
Where:
Inigo Rooms, Somerset House East Wing
King's College London
Strand, London WC2R 2LS
UK
Cost:
£5/£3

psiche-gennPsiche Hughes, Beryl Bainbridge’s closest friend, has been instrumental in the development of the exhibition Art & Life: The Paintings of Beryl Bainbridge. Her book Beryl Bainbridge: Artist, Writer, Friend (Thames & Hudson, 2012) introduces the reader to Bainbridge’s drawings and paintings, setting them in the context of their creator’s life. Hughes first met Bainbridge in 1963 when they were neighbours. They remained extremely close until Bainbridge’s death in 2010. In 2003 Beryl told the Guardian: ‘In 1965 having left my home town of Liverpool, and living in a top-floor Hampstead flat, I gave birth to a daughter, expelled in a thunder storm but with nothing suitable in which to wash her, until Philip and Psiche Hughes in the ground floor flat came up trumps and loaned their chicken casserole dish.’

After talking about her book and sharing her extensive knowledge of Bainbridge’s life and work, Hughes will be available to chat and offer further insights whilst guests look around the exhibition.

Psiche Hughes is a former lecturer in Latin American and comparative literature at the University of London. She has published several translations of prose and poetry.