Minerva, ChichesterLike the man in her most famous poem, Not Waving but Drowning, Wanamaker's Stevie Smith is all covert signalsShe stands before us, stooping slightly, in a shapeless red pinafore like an awkward, slightly wistful schoolgirl up before the headteacher. But something glints in this elfin, middle-aged woman's eye. The crimson pinafore may be a fashion disaster, but it's also a flash of defiance, even da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:23AM on May 5, 2014