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Maggie Fergusson

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Ian Rankin

Hermione Lee

Elif Shafak

Rory Stewart

Tanya Gold

Hadley Freeman

Leaf Arbuthnot

Jeffrey Archer

Andrew Yang

Don McLean

Tucker Carlson

Sebastian Junger

OwlTail

Rachel and Simon speak with the author and journalist Maggie Fergusson. After studying history at university, Maggie briefly worked in finance before joining Harper's &amp; Queen magazine (now known as Harper's Bazaar.) As a freelance writer, she was sent by the Times to interview the Scottish poet George Mackay Brown in 1992, and it proved the beginning of a friendship that would culminate with a prizewinning biography published in 2006. Maggie became Secretary of the Royal Society in Literature in 1989; she continues to work at the RSL as the Literary Adviser and edits their annual magazine. We spoke to Maggie about her work past and present at the RSL, her biographies of Mackay Brown and Michael Morpurgo and her journalism for the Tablet, 1843 Magazine and the Spectator. You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways and on Instagram @alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is patreon.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

Rachel and Simon speak with the author and journalist Maggie Fergusson. After studying history at university, Maggie briefly worked in finance before joining Harper's &amp; Queen magazine (now known as Harper's Bazaar.) As a freelance writer, she was sent by the Times to interview the Scottish poet George Mackay Brown in 1992, and it proved the beginning of a friendship that would culminate with a <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/maggie-fergusson/george-mackay-brown/9781848547872/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">prizewinning biography</a> published in 2006. Maggie became Secretary of the Royal Society in Literature in 1989; she continues to work at the RSL <a href="https://rsliterature.org/about-us/staff/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">as the Literary Adviser</a> and edits their annual magazine. We spoke to Maggie about her work past and present at the RSL, her biographies of Mackay Brown and <a href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/michael-morpurgo-war-child-to-war-horse-maggie-fergusson?variant=32611673374798" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Morpurgo</a> and her journalism for the <a href="https://www.thetablet.co.uk/author/154/maggie-fergusson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tablet</a>, <a href="https://www.1843magazine.com/contributor/837" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1843 Magazine</a> and the <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/maggie-fergusson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spectator</a>. You can find us online at <a href="https://www.alwaystakenotes.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">alwaystakenotes.com</a>, on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/takenotesalways" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@takenotesalways</a> and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alwaystakenotes/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@alwaystakenotes</a>. Our crowdfunding page is <a href="https://www.patreon.com/alwaystakenotes" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/alwaystakenotes</a>. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

#129: Maggie Fergusson, author and journalist

Kate Andrews

Max Jeffery

On this week's episode, we hear from Max Jeffery on his first impressions visiting Israel. (00:45)  Then Kate Andrews on her difficult relationship with Newcastle Football Club. (04:58)  And finally, Maggie Fergusson's review of the new book Blacksmith: Apprentice to Master: Tools and Traditions of an Ancient Craft. (10:53)  Produced and presented by Sam Holmes

On this week's episode, we hear from Max Jeffery on his first impressions visiting Israel. (00:45) Then Kate Andrews on her difficult relationship with Newcastle Football Club. (04:58) And finally, Maggie Fergusson's review of the new book Blacksmith: Apprentice to Master: Tools and Traditions of an Ancient Craft. (10:53) Produced and presented by Sam Holmes

Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery, Kate Andrews, Maggie Fergusson

ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE by Maggie FergussonEarlier this year, the government appointed a Minister for Loneliness: a response to what has been called an ‘invisible epidemic’. Why are so many of us - of all ages and backgrounds - afflicted by loneliness? What does it feel like to be very lonely? And is there a cure?MAGGIE FERGUSSON is Literary Editor of The Tablet and a freelance writer. In the spring, she published a long piece on loneliness in the Economist magazine 1843.This resource is provided free. If you would like to support our mission to communicate and nurture meditation in the Christian tradition as passed on through the teaching of John Main OSB, please contribute here: tiny.cc/donatetoWCCM

ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE by Maggie Fergusson Earlier this year, the government appointed a Minister for Loneliness: a response to what has been called an ‘invisible epidemic’. Why are so many of us - of all ages and backgrounds - afflicted by loneliness? What does it feel like to be very lonely? And is there a cure? MAGGIE FERGUSSON is Literary Editor of The Tablet and a freelance writer. In the spring, she published a long piece on loneliness in the Economist magazine 1843. This resource is provided free. If you would like to support our mission to communicate and nurture meditation in the Christian tradition as passed on through the teaching of John Main OSB, please contribute here: <a href="http://tiny.cc/donatetoWCCM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tiny.cc/donatetoWCCM</a>

All The Lonely People By Maggie Fergusson