Jane Harrison with Ann Kennedy Smith

Send us Fan MailThis podcast is all about the wonderful Jane Harrison, the inimitable classicist who was a significant influence on Virginia Woolf. To discuss Jane's life and legacy we have Ann Kennedy Smith. Ann is a writer, researcher, and literary critic. Her essays and reviews have been published in the Guardian, Times Literary Supplement, Slightly Foxed magazine, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Journal of Victorian Culture, English Review and History Today. She has given lectures for Cambridge University Library, Literature Cambridge (with Dr Trudi Tate) and Cambridge alumni associations, and in January 2023 she was a guest on BBC Radio 3’s ‘Freethinking’ programme, talking about women in higher education. She is currently working on a book about the Cambridge Ladies’ Dining Society 1890-1914. She is a member of Clare Hall Art Committee.You can access her excellent substack, 'The Cambridge Ladies’ Dining Society' through the following link:https://akennedysmith.substack.com/?utm_source=global-searchTo learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk or follow them on:https://litcamb.substack.com/https://www.linkedin.com/company/literature-cambridgeand Instagram @litcamb