Brigid Keenan

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Brigid Ann Keenan (born 1939)[ citation needed ] is an author and journalist.

She was born in Ambala, India, [1] where her father was an officer in the British Indian Army during the Raj. Her family repatriated to the United Kingdom after India's independence in 1947, and she was subsequently sent to convent schools in England and a finishing school in Paris. [2]

Keenan has worked as an editor on Nova magazine, The Observer and The Sunday Times . [3] Her older sister Moira Keenan (1933-1972) was also a successful journalist who worked as Woman's Editor of The Times whilst Keenan had the same role at The Observer. [2] When Keenan secured her job at The Sunday Times, the paper had mistaken her for her older, and at the time, more successful sister. [4] After marrying a European Union diplomat, Keenan left her successful career as a fashion editor [5] to become a trailing spouse and best-selling author. Her published works include The Women We Wanted to Look Like (1978), Dior in Vogue (1988), Travels in Kashmir (1989), [6] Damascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old City (2001), Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse (2005), [7] [8] Packing Up: Further Adventures of a Trailing Spouse (2014), [9] and Full Marks for Trying (2016). [10] As of 2020 she is a contributor to The Oldie [11] and Trailing-Spouse.com. [12]

Keenan has lived in Ethiopia, Brussels, Trinidad, Barbados, India, West Africa, Syria and Central Asia. [7] She is a founding board member of the Palestine Festival of Literature. [13]

She is married to Alan Waddams, [2] a retired ambassador, with whom she has two children and four grandchildren. [14]

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  1. ↑ "Almost Indian". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Sale, Jonathan (29 March 2006). "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Brigid Keenan, journalist". The Independent. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Brigid Keenan - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Lanzon, Sue (14 May 2014). "A journey from trailing spouse to retirement in Somerset". Asia House. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Haslam, Nicky (2 June 2016). "Girl Power". www.spectator.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "A Concerned Visitor". Kashmir Life. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. 1 2 Keenan, Brigid (13 November 2005), "Life as an ambassador's wife", The Independent
  8. ↑ Hickman, Katie (20 February 2005), "Review: Diplomatic Baggage", The Times , London[ dead link ]
  9. ↑ Bird, Orlando (18 April 2014). "'Packing Up', by Brigid Keenan; 'The Man Who Couldn't Stop', by David Adam". www.ft.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Ironside, Virginia (8 November 2016). "Full Marks for Trying: An Unlikely Journey from the Raj to the Rag Trade by Brigid Keenan review – a feelgood memoir". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "Brigid Keenan". The Oldie. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Keenan, Brigid. "Contributors". Trailing-Spouse.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Brigid Keenan - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "Guest: Brigid Keenan". Blogspot: Kate Lord Brown. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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