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Lisa Appignanesi

Lisa Appignanesi is the author of “Everyday Madness” among other books. She is a former chair of the Royal Society of Literature and president of English PEN.

The Royal Society of Literature has failed us

As a former chair of the RSL, it is sad to see its mission being undermined by a new censoriousness.

By Lisa Appignanesi

The Royal Society of Literature has failed us

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Letter from Barcelona: Why translation is a route to democracy

The headlines from Spain in 2019 have fostered the wrong expectations. I anticipated grimness in the Barcelona streets, acerbic…

By Lisa Appignanesi

Let Me Not Be Mad: powerful case histories of unravelling minds

Neuropsychologist AK Benjamin conjures strange and powerful stories in a book poised between fiction and memoir.

By Lisa Appignanesi

Shrinking horizons: can science offer new answers to mental illness?

It is clear that the NHS and the rise of scientific medicine in the west count among the greatest…

By Lisa Appignanesi

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