News
20 September 2024
A Mink coat in St Neots
Publication day drawing near! My new book, A Mink Coat in St Neots: My Mother's flower Shop and the Mystery of a Wealthy Russian Princess, is available to order from Smiths, Waterstones, Daunts, Amazon and direct from the publisher, Anthony Eyre at Mount Orleans Press. First review has appeared in The Field - thanks, Rory!
08 August 2024
A Mink Coat in St Neots
My new book, A Mink Coat in St Neots: My Mother's Flower Shop and the Mystery of a Wealthy Russian Princess, is published by Mount Orleans Press on November 7, 2024. It is the story of a mysterious woman who lived in a village near to where I grew up. But who was she? Where did she come from? This book combines a true life detective story (without the murder), a memoir and a social history of the 1950s and 60s.
31 March 2024
The Conservative Woman
Please look at this site
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/ for interesting and informative articles by me and others, including my ex-husband Neville Hodgkinson that challenge the current orthodoxy on many issues such as Covid, the war with Ukraine, vaccine damage and politics. The website, founded by Kathy Gyngell, offers a refreshing antidote to the stories put about in the mainstream media.
31 March 2024
New content
Since I last wrote on this website, much has happened. My eldest grandson Arthur, now 24, is working with a FinTech company. He graduated with a First, so that was a relief, especially as he had to do much of his studying online. Otto, 23, is still an art student, pursuing sculpture. Delilah graduates this year and has plans to become a journalist. Pearl has fallen in love with Paris and has been studying there. Henry, the youngest, is on a gap year and will enter Manchester University in October to read Ancient History. That's about it for the grandchildren.
Tom and Will have had new books out but my big news is that I also have a new book out, in November. It is titled A Mink Coat in St Neots: My Mother's Flower Shop and the Mystery of a wealthy Russian Princess. It's a very strange true story and has taken a few years to research. I am also writing the life story of a childhood friend who, quite literally, rose from rags to riches.
On the domestic front I have been creating a garden from a long-neglected patch. It has not been easy, partly because I am no gardener and partly because of the looming conifer trees over on the other side of the wall. These have now been cut down, giving me much more light and more of a chance for things to grow.
19 December 2017
Tour of Indochina
Our nearly three week tour of Indochina was not for the fainthearted. Nine flights, including internal ones, very many temples, lots of cities, lots of being hassled by street vendors and many hotels. Up at 5.30 to be in the coach by 7 was standard. However, we crammed in so much it was difficult to take it all in. Needed longer, really.
13 December 2017
Idler Christmas party
The Idler Christmas party at Bush Hall, Shepherds Bush, was a sold-out event, headlined by John Cooper Clarke. Great fun, great music, great conversation and plenty of drink.
20 November 2016
The Idler
See my brilliant article on The Quakers in the new edition of
The Idler.
13 October 2014
My brilliant new career
I am now an Airbnb host and hosting guests from all over the world. To see my listing, go to the Airbnb site and look up 'Oxford'.
11 August 2014
Being a 1970s housewife
Liz is going back to being a 1970s housewife for a BBC series on food history. What was a typical dinner party in the 1970s? All Blue Nun and Black Forest Gateau? Watch out for the series presented by Giles Coren and Polly Russell, a close friend of Liz's son Will
11 August 2014
Going to Eigg
Next week, nine of us are going to Eigg, as our first family holiday since 1981. Mind, there are different family members now. Let's hope it doesn't have the same consequences as the last hol, as described in Will's book The House is Full of Yogis
23 May 2014
The House is full of Yogis
Will's book, The House is Full of Yogis, serialised in Times 24 May and again 27 May. Lentils and meditation ..
19 May 2014
Will's book
Will's book is serialised in The Times beginning Sat 31 May. Photos have been taken ...
24 April 2014
The House if Full of Yogis
Jarvis Cocker said of Will's new book: 'I laughed so much I levitated.'
22 April 2014
The House is full of Yogis
Will's amusing, embarrassing family memoir is published June 5. It is being serialised in The Times. We, his family, all become figures of fun and the book should be an instant classic
08 May 2013
Alex Williams' one man show
Hurry along to this show, starting May 13, as it's already selling out fast, with fun, sexy and colourful new paintings by this contemporary artist
13 February 2013
Alex Williams' one-man show
Alex Williams' fantastic one-man show, Only the Lonely, starts at the Fosse Gallery,Stow on the Wold, on May 12. His art dealer, Sharon Wheaton, says it makes farmyards sexy. At 70 years old, Alex Williams is a prime example of artist getting ever better and more imaginative as they age.
01 February 2013
Why Women Believe in God
Brilliant, sellout evening at Global Co-Operation House, Pound Lane, London NW6, for official launch of my book, Why Women Believe in God. Packed audience, loads of questions, on this eternally fascinating topic. Watch out for more such events
08 January 2013
Official launch of Why Women Believe in God
The official launch of my new book on feminism, religion, secularisation and equality will be held on 21 January 2013 at Global Co Operation House, Pound Lane London NW6 from 7 to 8.45. For more information contact
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05 September 2012
New events coming up
On Saturday 29 September, Liz will be talking about her new book,Why Women Believe in God, at the Mind, Body, Soul Exhibition at Olympia, from 12.30 to 1.30. Then on 11 October, Liz and Alex Williams will be presenting Alex's Slideshow and signing copies of The Survival of an Artist, at the Montpellier Gallery, Cheltenham.
21 August 2012
Why Women Believe in God
The first print run was sold out before publication and it will be available again on Amazon, in bookshops and on kindle from October 26, with a new cover. This book is an easy read covering extremely difficult subjects; religion, feminism, spirituality, atheism, science, meditation and equality. Sounds a lot, but it follows a logical pattern and takes the form of a conversation between the author, Liz Hodgkinson and Sister Jayanti, asking all the awkward questions on subjects that matter to thinking people today.
07 June 2012
Alex Williams: The Survival of an Artist
We have now done four events for our new book, Alex williams: The Survival of an Artist. Sales are going well and we are calling this book the first art book not written in art bollocks. Accessible, educational, informative and entertaining, it tells what art is really all about and what it means to be an artist. Next gig: August 22nd, Rossiter Books, Monmouth
04 April 2012
The Survival of an Artist is in Private Eye!
The story of why this book has been banned from the Hay Literature Festival is told in Books & Bookmen in Private Eye
01 March 2012
The biography of Alex Williams
This book is being launched, along with an illustrated talk by Alex Williams, at the Idler Academy on Wednesday May 2nd. Go to
http://www.idler.com/academy to book tickets for this event, with special guest Naim Attallah, Chairman of Quartet Books
18 August 2011
My Brilliant new career!
I have a new career as a shop assistant at the Idler Academy in Notting Hill. Big time at last! Read all about it in The Lady, September 2nd issue.
