Kate Levey
@brophylevey.bsky.social
Daughter of writer and activist Brigid Brophy (1929-1995)
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Now we're in 2026, it's *ONLY three years* until the centenary of Brigid Brophy's birth, so here's to 2029!
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
Oh- how *wonderful* is this? Thank you @nguthrie.bsky.social
Pleased to add Brigid Brophy's Mozart the Dramatist (revised edition) to my Brophy-Levey shelf, where it will be next to her husband's The Life and Death of Mozart (rev. ed.). Both books are so good! @brophylevey.bsky.social #c18th #c18 #18thc
January 24, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Oh- how *wonderful* is this? Thank you @nguthrie.bsky.social
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Just finished my first Brigid Brophy book 'Hackenfeller's Ape' ... 73 years after it was published. Better late than never! Excited to explore more by this author.
Here's my review:
bit.ly/49Qo7Kl
#Booksky 💙📚
#Books 📚
#Literaturesky
Here's my review:
bit.ly/49Qo7Kl
#Booksky 💙📚
#Books 📚
#Literaturesky
"Hackenfeller's Ape" by Brigid Brophy
In this novel, London Zoo houses a pair of Hackenfeller's Apes, the nearest primates to humans. The Professor is studying them, hoping to be...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Just finished my first Brigid Brophy book 'Hackenfeller's Ape' ... 73 years after it was published. Better late than never! Excited to explore more by this author.
Here's my review:
bit.ly/49Qo7Kl
#Booksky 💙📚
#Books 📚
#Literaturesky
Here's my review:
bit.ly/49Qo7Kl
#Booksky 💙📚
#Books 📚
#Literaturesky
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Come and join the fabulous panel discussing Iris's poetry at The London Library in March!
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/342...
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/342...
Live in the Archive: Iris Murdoch and the poems in the
Live in the Archive is a collaboration between The London Library and Curtis Brown Heritage to celebrate some of the greatest literary stars in our combined history. This time, we’ll be turning o...
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January 20, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Come and join the fabulous panel discussing Iris's poetry at The London Library in March!
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/342...
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/342...
An unusual two-Brophy post! Brigid Brophy and John Brophy. Thank you @casmilus.bsky.social
Turn The Key Softly was from a novel by John Brophy, dad of Brigid Brophy who had her own career as a novelist and reviewer, mentioned at the end of this:
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The Din Of Pop
The subject of “the elite” has been getting more attention lately. The proposition that a “new elite” has taken over, or is in the process of capturing power, is a regular feature in British social…
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January 18, 2026 at 8:08 AM
An unusual two-Brophy post! Brigid Brophy and John Brophy. Thank you @casmilus.bsky.social
Traffic not too bad locally this morning.
January 16, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Traffic not too bad locally this morning.
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Been reading mid-20th century humanist campaigners for prison reform and just come across a description by Brigid Brophy saying in imprisoning people we are ‘burying them alive’. What a powerful image, even more true of conditions today! If you don’t already, do support @thehowardleague.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Been reading mid-20th century humanist campaigners for prison reform and just come across a description by Brigid Brophy saying in imprisoning people we are ‘burying them alive’. What a powerful image, even more true of conditions today! If you don’t already, do support @thehowardleague.bsky.social
Let Brigid Brophy tickle your brain and bend your mind. Read In Transit.
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Let Brigid Brophy tickle your brain and bend your mind. Read In Transit.
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Just a reminder that the deadline for the first round of applications for our (frankly excellent) MA Writing programme at the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social closes next Monday, 19 January, so if you're thinking of applying please do so soon!
Writing
Study MA Writing to develop your literary skills, work on live projects, and become part of a community of supportive writers.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Just a reminder that the deadline for the first round of applications for our (frankly excellent) MA Writing programme at the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social closes next Monday, 19 January, so if you're thinking of applying please do so soon!
This is a marvellous Highsmith!
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This is a marvellous Highsmith!
Enjoying *some* of these.
January 5, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Enjoying *some* of these.
Nothing but these blooming in the garden at present:
January 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Nothing but these blooming in the garden at present:
Now we're in 2026, it's *ONLY three years* until the centenary of Brigid Brophy's birth, so here's to 2029!
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Now we're in 2026, it's *ONLY three years* until the centenary of Brigid Brophy's birth, so here's to 2029!
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
Photo of Brigid Brophy (and Antinous) by J. Lewinski.
Featuring, right, an early Brigid Brophy non-fiction volume, Black Ship to Hell, 1962. An interesting read, imo.
December 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Featuring, right, an early Brigid Brophy non-fiction volume, Black Ship to Hell, 1962. An interesting read, imo.
@edisky.bsky.social Thank you for reposting! Best wishes, K.
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@edisky.bsky.social Thank you for reposting! Best wishes, K.
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Brigid Brophy, The Finishing Touch (1963)
David Lodge, Changing Places (1975)
George V. Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense (1980)
George R.R. Martin, Fevre Dream (1982)
Jay B. Laws, The Unfinished (1992)
Tahar Djaout, The Last Summer of Reason (1993)
David Lodge, Changing Places (1975)
George V. Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense (1980)
George R.R. Martin, Fevre Dream (1982)
Jay B. Laws, The Unfinished (1992)
Tahar Djaout, The Last Summer of Reason (1993)
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Brigid Brophy, The Finishing Touch (1963)
David Lodge, Changing Places (1975)
George V. Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense (1980)
George R.R. Martin, Fevre Dream (1982)
Jay B. Laws, The Unfinished (1992)
Tahar Djaout, The Last Summer of Reason (1993)
David Lodge, Changing Places (1975)
George V. Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense (1980)
George R.R. Martin, Fevre Dream (1982)
Jay B. Laws, The Unfinished (1992)
Tahar Djaout, The Last Summer of Reason (1993)
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Since I just started a chonky book that I won't finish before 2026, my 12 favorite reads of 2025 (in publication order):
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Since I just started a chonky book that I won't finish before 2026, my 12 favorite reads of 2025 (in publication order):
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
Nathanael West, A Cool Million (1934)
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time (1951)
Tewfik Al-Hakim, The Tree Climber (1962)
Just your annual reminder that this photo accurately reflects what Brigid Brophy thought of Christmas.
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Just your annual reminder that this photo accurately reflects what Brigid Brophy thought of Christmas.
A regal wave to my followers from a sleigh as it was the nearest I could get to a throne!
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A regal wave to my followers from a sleigh as it was the nearest I could get to a throne!
Himself taste-testing tinsel. Not a good idea.
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Himself taste-testing tinsel. Not a good idea.
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If you haven't read Brigid Brophy, then do investigate! I doubt she'd thank me, but I think of her as nestling provocatively between Muriel Spark and Iris Murdoch, with the sly, sometimes savage irony of the former, and the latter's bustling care for her characters. The Snow Ball is my favourite.
Brigid Brophy wrote 7 novels and these are the most recent editions:
December 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you haven't read Brigid Brophy, then do investigate! I doubt she'd thank me, but I think of her as nestling provocatively between Muriel Spark and Iris Murdoch, with the sly, sometimes savage irony of the former, and the latter's bustling care for her characters. The Snow Ball is my favourite.
Brigid Brophy admired George Bernard Shaw, as one can see in Hackenfeller's Ape, first published in 1953.
December 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Brigid Brophy admired George Bernard Shaw, as one can see in Hackenfeller's Ape, first published in 1953.
Brigid Brophy wrote 7 novels and these are the most recent editions:
December 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Brigid Brophy wrote 7 novels and these are the most recent editions:
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[5] Brilliant! I'll say it again. The story is based on Brophy's knowledge of Anthony Blunt, gained via her husband Michael Levey, art historian, who knew him. Published before the revelations about the spying. Happy to find @brophylevey.bsky.social here reminding world about Brigid Brophy. #books
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
[5] Brilliant! I'll say it again. The story is based on Brophy's knowledge of Anthony Blunt, gained via her husband Michael Levey, art historian, who knew him. Published before the revelations about the spying. Happy to find @brophylevey.bsky.social here reminding world about Brigid Brophy. #books
@ianhunt.bsky.social Here is the GMP edition from 1987 with this introduction
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
@ianhunt.bsky.social Here is the GMP edition from 1987 with this introduction