Anna Hedigan has no claim to the Moral High Ground but likes to think of it as a place where rigour of thought is entirely natural, furniture is made of books, and cigarettes have no downside. She writes, reviews and is an expert shusher.

Likes: Margeurite Yourcenar, smelling orange blossom in Parco Savello, Dalton Trumbo, James Purdy, Ryzard Kapucinski, Benin bronzes, Bronzino, Giordano Bruno, Emil Cioran, ganache, tourmaline, I.B.Singer, silk velvet, Russell Hoban, Salvation Army blankets, Margery Kempe, Yves Montand, Giunta Pisano, Edward Lear, holy cards, rabbit fur, Hillare Belloc.