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Elizabeth
(née Loughlin) was born and educated in Liverpool and moved to
Scotland in 1977,
when she married Paul Rimmer, a Civil Engineer. Between 1977 and 1982
she 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 she moved to Stirling, where her third
child was born in 1986. From 1984-8 she studied medieval romances at Stirling University, under the supervision of the outstanding medievalist Felicity J. Riddy, taking the degree of M.Litt.and begining many years of study on the spirituality of the Christian monastic tradition. As well as writing, she has worked in the university chaplaincy, from 1991-9, helped to run Stirling and District Youth Theatre during 1999-2002, and managed an allotment and herb garden. Since 2002 she has concentrated on writing. Poems have appeared in Raindogs, Poetry Scotland, Northwords Now, Brittle Star, The Herald and Justice & Peace, and also on the website of the Eurydice Choir. Reviews have appeared in NorthwordsNow. Articles on Christian mysticism have appeared in The Chapter, and The Merton Journal. In 2007 she 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. She has given readings at the Poetry in the Garden festival in Callander from 2006 - 2009, and in 2009 she has also taken part in theAtlantic Islands Festival and the Edinburgh Book Fringe Festival. Other interests include cooking, gardening, and the environment, folk music and legends, ancient languages and cultures. She is an active member of the LiveSimply campaign for simplicity, sustainability and solidarity with the poor, and in 2007she began work on the Lúcháir project, which brings together her interests in art, philosophy and the environment. |
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