#131: Christina Patterson, journalist and author

Rachel and Simon speak with journalist and author Christina Patterson. She began her career in publishing and worked as a literary programmer for the Southbank Centre; from 2000 to 2003 she was director of the Poetry Society. She joined the Independent and wrote columns and interview pieces as well as investigations into nursing, for which she was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2013. Christina published her first memoir, "The Art of Not Falling Apart" in 2018, and "Outside, the Sky is Blue: A Family Memoir", in February. We spoke to Christina about memoir-writing, her time working at newspapers and her portfolio career today.