Sofka Zinovieff was born in London, has Russian ancestry and has lived in Greece for many years. Her latest book is a highly personal family memoir, which traces the lives of her grandfather, the Mad Boy, and his relationship with the eccentric composer, painter and writer, Lord Berners. And how her grandmother and then she herself became part of the story…
“Despite momentous changes recently, Sofka Zinovieff’s Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens (Granta), published in 2004, remains the best account of today’s Greece, with sharp insights into nationalism, terrorism and the Orthodox church.” Michael Kerr, travel writer 25 JULY 2016 Newer offerings... Read The Rest →
The Sunday Telegraph November 22 2015 Alan Titchmarsh: I have found something to fill the Downton Abbey gap LORD BERNERS CREDIT: REX With Downton Abbey to make just one final appearance atChristmas, a chap must look elsewhere for his early 20th-century fix. I have... Read The Rest →
The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me Talk and book Signing September 25th 15:00 Venue:Rye Arts Festival Address: Lamb House Marquee, West Street, Rye TN31 7ES Ticket Price £12 Tickets will be available to Friends from 20th July 2015... Read The Rest →
7 pm, Thursday 28th May 2015 Vout-O-Reenee’s art club 30 Prescot Street, London E1 8BB Mad About The Boy – Sofka Zinovieff on the naughty Lord Berners Set Entrance: £5.00 Members Free Come and... Read The Rest →
Recent Books of Particular Interest May 1st 2015 SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW Editors’ Choice MAY 1, 2015 THE MAD BOY, LORD BERNERS, MY GRANDMOTHER AND ME: An Aristocratic Family, a High-Society Scandal and an Extraordinary Legacy, by Sofka Zinovieff. (Harper/HarperCollins,... Read The Rest →
“Red Princess” Book Presentation by Sofka Zinovieff, & “My Russian Roots & Childhood Memories” by Peter Zinovieff.” Thursday, 4th June 2015, 7pm Nihon Room, Pembroke College, Trumpington Street, Cambridge (tbc) Entrance: £3; CamRuSS members free. From The Guardian... Read The Rest →
