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Josephine Tey: A Life

with Jennifer Morag Henderson

13 Feb 2026

Josephine Tey was the pen-name of Elizabeth MacKintosh (1896-1952). Born in Inverness, MacKintosh lived several ‘lives’: best known as Golden Age Crime Fiction writer ‘Josephine Tey’, she was also successful novelist and playwright ‘Gordon Daviot’.

Her novels include The Franchise Affair,  Brat Farrar, and the unique Richard III mystery The Daughter of Time – once voted the best crime novel of all time. At one point, she had plays on simultaneously in the West End in London and on Broadway, and even wrote for Hollywood – all from her home in the north of Scotland.

Jennifer Morag Henderson is Tey’s biographer. In this talk she will share her research into Tey’s life, and discuss her successful campaign to have a blue plaque erected to commemorate Tey’s life and work. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Venue: Studio

Date: 13 Feb 26

Time: 1pm

Running time: tbc

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