She was acquainted with the entire Bloomsbury Group, but she knew almost everyone else who played a leading role in British writing, music, theatre, dance, cinema and painting throughout the 20th century, and her diaries lead the reader into what feels like an intimate acquaintance with them all.
The diaries continued for thirty years after the last published volume so we addicts are waiting for more (quite soon, please).
Listen to Frances Partridge on the BBC Women's Hour
December, 2009
