There’s something deeply enviable about artists whose skill extends to multiple fields. Consider Tracey Thorn, known for the music she’s made as a solo artist and with Everything But The Girl and Marine Girls. Her memoir Bedsit Disco Queen, which I really enjoyed, is newly out in paperback. And in this conversation recorded at The Royal Society of Literature, Thorn and Maggie & Me author Damien Barr discuss the process of writing their memoirs, life in Thatcher-era England, and more. You can hear the whole thing below.

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