“Dame of what?” On this day in 1992, Doris Lessing turned down a damehood by letter: news.lettersofnote.com/p/dame-of-what
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“Dame of what?” On this day in 1992, Doris Lessing turned down a damehood by letter: news.lettersofnote.com/p/dame-of-what
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Miles Franklin turned down an OBE because "slipshod poet" (Franklin's words) Mary Gilmore got a damehood and Franklin was holding out for a better offer (which never came). Shoutout to @cfwriter.bsky.social for joining me for this podcast episode :-) creators.spotify.com/pod/show/inf...