Lynsey Hanley
British writer and academic
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Lynsey Hanley (born 12 April 1976) is a British writer and academic.
- Columnist
- author
Lynsey Hanley | |
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| Born | 12 April 1976 Solihull, West Midlands, England |
| Education | Queen Mary University of London (BA) |
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Biography
Hanley was born in Solihull and grew up on a council estate in the suburb of Chelmsley Wood.[1] She studied English at Queen Mary University of London.[2]
Hanley is a visiting fellow in cultural history at Liverpool John Moores University. She is the author of Estates: an Intimate History and Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide, and was a regular contributor to The Guardian from 2005 to 2022. As of 2020, she was writing a book about "the cultural, ecological and social significnace" of public transport.[3] A frequent theme of Hanley's work is social mobility, often based on her own journey from a working-class background to attending university and becoming a writer.[4] In June 2025, Hanley published a letter in support of transgender inclusivity.[5]
As of 2023 she lives in Liverpool.[6]
Bibliography
- Estates: an Intimate History (2007)
- Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide (2016)
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