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Irene Kay
Born in South East London into a working-class docker's family in 1935, she was a 'blitz kid' and spent the war years in five separate periods of evacuation.
After leaving school in 1952, she...view moreBorn in South East London into a working-class docker's family in 1935, she was a 'blitz kid' and spent the war years in five separate periods of evacuation.
After leaving school in 1952, she worked in London as a secretary and in 1961 went to Paris where she lived with a French family as their Au Pair. In 1962, she met a young Frenchman in a Left Bank jazz club and they returned to England together in 1966.
In March 1998, she took part in a Radio 2 program on the subject of 'Motherhood', her particular angle being that of the adoptive parent.
As had always been her intention, in November 1998 she retired from her job in London and, with her partner of 26 years, returned to France to live permanently.
She now lives in the South of France near Montpellier with her partner, a professional musician. Since being in France, she has written many articles for the English-language publications and, in 1999, had a regular twice-weekly column in the Midi Libre newspaper.
She writes about local events, particularly music and the local British musicians. She is a regular contributor to the bi-monthly magazine 'Languedoc Sun'. She also writes on the issues of integration into the French way of life and culture.
She has one son, Luke, who lives in Kent and works at the University of Greenwich.view less