Brookner and Cool Britannia

In the Roy Strong Diaries, we see Brookner and Strong in December 1998, walking from the London Library and railing against the (Labour) government, the rise of populism, and the abandonment of what they both sacred: excellence, quality, and aspiration upwards. Brookner, he says, is a lugubrious, profound woman with huge eyes.

Brookner at the London Library

An intriguing piece of memorabilia, this - culled from the blog of the London Library (Link). Brookner, we learn, served on its Committee between 1987 and 1991. Several Brooknerians are frequenters, I think, including George Bland in A Private View and Miriam in Falling Slowly.