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Richard Holmes, part 1

Richard Holmes
  • 18 March, 2021

Richard Holmes speaks with Gabriel Gbadamosi about falling in love with your subjects, notebooks and imaginary conversations. Former RLF Trustee Richard Holmes speaks with Gabriel Gbadamosi about falling in love with your biographical subjects, the importance of notebooks and the biographer’s own experience, the role of empathy and the “imaginary conversation” between biographer and subject.


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