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Valerie Grove

Valerie Grove

Valerie Grove has been writing about radio, then called Wireless, in The Oldie since the first issue in 1992. She has spent all her life on newspapers (Evening Standard, Sunday Times, The Times) as an interviewer and reviewer, and has written several biographies, including Dodie Smith, Laurie Lee and John Mortimer. She lives in north London with husband Trevor, dog Jasper, cat Bosie, and three grandchildren (most of the time).

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