Joanna Moorhead

Joanna Moorhead is a British journalist and author who writes for The Guardian, The Independent, The Observer and many other UK newspapers and magazines. Her book The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington was published in 2017. A second book on Carrington - Surreal Spaces - exploring the homes, houses and institutions she lived in during her journeys from England to Mexico was published in June 2023 (UK) and August 2023 (North America).

Quotes

• Pregnant with my first, I remember thinking I’d probably be having a boy, which I put down to inbuilt patriarchal bias – boys come first, in the sexist world that surrounds us. The baby was Rosie. Second time around, my expectation was that I’d have a boy this time, which was perhaps based on the law of probability; the new arrival was Elinor. Third time around, I was convinced I was having a boy, but the person who emerged was Miranda. And by the time I got to Catriona, I was absolutely certain I’d be having another girl – and I was.
  • "Three daughters and no sons isn’t a bad omen. I should know, I had four", The Observer (6 August 2023)