Lynsey Hanley

Lynsey Hanley (born 12 April 1976) is a British writer and academic.

Lynsey Hanley
Born	(1976-04-12) 12 April 1976 (age 49) Solihull, West Midlands, England
Education	Queen Mary University of London (BA)
Occupations	Columnist author

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)

References

1. Hanley, Lynsey (2017). Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide. Penguin. p. 20. ISBN   978-0-141-04061-5.
2. Hanley 2017, p. 130.
3. O'Brien, Phil (2020). "The Intimate Histories of Class: An Interview with Lynsey Hanley". Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism No. 18 (2020), pp. 29-41. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
4. Lewis, Tim (17 April 2016). "Lynsey Hanley interview: 'The idea that you could write books was just crackers'". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
5. Hanley, Lynsey (10 June 2025). "Letters: A nuanced approach to ageing, sex and gender". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
6. Hanley, Lynsey (31 December 2022). "Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes … because I live just around the corner". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

External links

• Articles in The Guardian