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I was born
Elizabeth Loughlin in Liverpool and educated in a city centre
grammar school which now reminds me of Hogwarts - a place of long dim
corridors, high ceilinged classrooms, grand staircases and ghosts. Our
teachers combined traditional religion and radical social thinking in a
way which amazes me now - the books we were encouraged to read, the
social mix, the academic aspirations all seem very radical compared
with many contemporary girls' schools. I studied English Language and
Literature at Liverpool University, specialising in Old English, Old
Norse and Middle English Literature, before misguidedly and mercifully
briefly becoming a teacher. I moved to Scotland in 1977, when I married Paul Rimmer, a Civil Engineer. Between 1977 and 1982 we lived in six different houses, including two in Sri Lanka, one of which was the lake-side house in Kandy where DH Lawrence stayed, and had two children. In 1982 we moved to Stirling, where our third child was born in 1986. From 1984-8 I studied medieval romances at Stirling University, under the supervision of the outstanding medievalist Felicty J. Riddy, taking the degree of M.Litt.and begining several years' study of the spirituality of the Christian monastic tradition. As well as writing, I worked in the university chaplaincy, from 1991-9, helped to run Stirling and District Youth Theatre during 1999-2002, and looked after an allotment and herb garden. Since 2002 I have concentrated on writing. Poems have appeared in Raindogs, Poetry Scotland, Northwords Now, and Brittle Star. Reviews have appeared in NorthwordsNow. Articles on Christian mysticism have appeared in The Chapter, and The Merton Journal. In 2007 I completed a translation and commentary on the medieval work, The Cloud of Unknowing. A short play Big Mac the Sheepstealer was produced by SDYT in 2001. Other interests include cooking, gardening, and the environment, folk music and legends, ancient languages and cultures. I am an active member of the LiveSimply campaign for simplicity, sustainability and solidarity with the poor, and in 2007 I began work on the Lúcháir project, which brings together my interests in art, philosophy and the environment. |
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