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Radio Shropshire,30 May 2025,6 mins

The Rediscovered Author

Secret Shropshire

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Barbara Pym was a novelist born in Oswestry. She received a career revival in 1977 when critic Lord David Cecil and poet Philip Larkin nominated her as the most underrated writer of the century. BBC Radio Shropshire’s Mark Elliott has been finding out more.

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