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Gayle Letherby

I love to write. I am a sociologist who publishes mostly in the areas of methodology (including creative ways to present data), reproduction and non/parental identity, meanings and experiences of love, loss and the aftermath of death, solitude and/or loneliness, gender and identity, working and learning in higher education and travel and transport. I  have been writing fiction and memoir for about 14 years and draw on my own experience - both personal and academic - in my work. Other inspriations come from the books I enjoy and the news items that make me cross. 

Gayle Letherby

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The Twelve Days of Christmas: The 2016 version

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree. A somewhat unusual present I’m sure you’ll agree, but apparently...
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Mirror, Mirror

I was 54 when my eardrum burst. I'd had a cold and my ear began to ache on the way to work and then in the middle of a mid-morning meeting I heard a...
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Changing Rooms

I consider the room with a critical eye. The paint is peeling in places and faded on the wall where the sun shines in through the small, high, window...
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Sticks and Stones

Once, not that long ago, in a land, not that far away, there lived a man, who worked very hard. He dedicated his life to fighting injustice and was...

Dead Famous, Famous Dead

I almost bumped into my latest celebrity crush the other day at Birmingham New Street railway station. I’ll not give the name. Far too embarrassing...

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