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Alison Light's birthplace is Scotland, and she was born in 1955.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, not Scotland, although she was indeed born in 1955.
Alison Light completed her undergraduate studies in History at Churchill College, Cambridge.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light completed her undergraduate studies at Churchill College, Cambridge, but her field of study was English, not History.
Alison Light obtained her postgraduate degrees from Oxford University.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light obtained her postgraduate degrees, an MA and a D.Phil., from Sussex University, not Oxford University.
In which town and county was Alison Light born?
Answer: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Where did Alison Light complete her undergraduate studies?
Answer: Churchill College, Cambridge
Alison Light obtained her MA and D.Phil. degrees from which university?
Answer: Sussex University
Alison Light's primary professional recognition stems from her contributions to scientific research and theoretical physics.
Answer: False
Explanation: Contrary to the assertion, Alison Light is recognized as a writer, critic, and independent scholar, with her work focusing on literature and history, not scientific research or theoretical physics.
Alison Light holds an honorary position at the University of Cambridge.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light holds honorary positions at Pembroke College, Oxford; University College, London; and Edinburgh University, but not at the University of Cambridge.
Prior to commencing her postgraduate studies, Alison Light's professional experience was exclusively limited to working as a school teacher.
Answer: False
Explanation: Before her postgraduate studies, Alison Light held a variety of roles, including school teacher, cleaner, researcher, and studio manager at the BBC, indicating her experience was not exclusively as a school teacher.
Alison Light held teaching positions with the Workers' Educational Association and the Open University prior to her lectureship at Brighton Polytechnic.
Answer: True
Explanation: The source confirms that Alison Light taught for the Workers' Educational Association and the Open University before commencing her lectureship at Brighton Polytechnic.
While affiliated with University College London, Alison Light delivered lectures on medieval European history.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light lectured on 20th-century English and American literature during her tenure at University College London, not on medieval European history.
Alison Light held a full-time professorship at the University of East London between 2006 and 2009.
Answer: False
Explanation: From 2006 to 2009, Alison Light held a part-time Research Professor position at the University of East London, not a full-time professorship.
What are Alison Light's primary professional roles and areas of expertise?
Answer: Writer, critic, and independent scholar
Which of the following is NOT listed as an honorary academic affiliation for Alison Light?
Answer: University of Cambridge
Which of these jobs did Alison Light NOT hold before pursuing postgraduate studies?
Answer: University lecturer
Before lecturing at Brighton Polytechnic, Alison Light taught for which organizations?
Answer: Workers' Educational Association and the Open University
What subject did Alison Light lecture on at University College London?
Answer: 20th-century English and American literature
From 2006 to 2009, Alison Light held which type of position at the University of East London?
Answer: Part-time Research Professor
Alison Light's inaugural academic article examined the influence of World War I on British poetry.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light's first academic article, published in 1984, focused on romance fiction, not the impact of World War I on British poetry.
In her book *Forever England*, Alison Light contended that women played a minor role in shaping English character during the interwar period.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light's book *Forever England* argued for the significant role women played in representing the nation and shaping English character during the interwar period, contrary to the assertion that their role was minor.
Alison Light edited a posthumous collection of Raphael Samuel's essays titled *The Lost World of British Communism*.
Answer: True
Explanation: Alison Light edited *The Lost World of British Communism*, a collection of Raphael Samuel's essays, among other posthumous publications of his work.
Alison Light's book *Mrs Woolf and the Servants* focused exclusively on the biography of Virginia Woolf.
Answer: False
Explanation: The book *Mrs Woolf and the Servants* examined the lives of domestic staff employed by members of the Bloomsbury circle and offered a social history of domestic service, rather than focusing solely on Virginia Woolf's biography.
Alison Light's 2019 memoir is titled *A Radical Romance: A Memoir of Love, Grief and Consolation*.
Answer: True
Explanation: The full title of Alison Light's 2019 memoir is confirmed as *A Radical Romance: A Memoir of Love, Grief and Consolation*.
Alison Light contributed a volume titled 'Inside History: From Popular Fiction to Life-writing' to the Edinburgh University Press series, The Feminist Library.
Answer: True
Explanation: Alison Light's contribution to The Feminist Library series is indeed the volume titled 'Inside History: From Popular Fiction to Life-writing'.
What was the subject of Alison Light's first academic article, published in 1984?
Answer: Romance fiction and its academic inclusion
What central argument did Alison Light make in her book *Forever England*?
Answer: Women played a crucial role in representing the nation during the interwar period.
Which collection of Raphael Samuel's essays did Alison Light edit?
Answer: *Island Stories*
Alison Light's book *Mrs Woolf and the Servants* examined the lives of which group of people?
Answer: Domestic staff working for Bloomsbury members
What is the full title of Alison Light's 2019 memoir?
Answer: A Radical Romance: A Memoir of Love, Grief and Consolation
What is the title of Alison Light's contribution to The Feminist Library series?
Answer: Inside History: From Popular Fiction to Life-writing
Alison Light's 2019 memoir, *A Radical Romance*, was honored with the PEN/Ackerley Prize in 2020.
Answer: True
Explanation: The source confirms that Alison Light's memoir, *A Radical Romance*, published in 2019, received the PEN/Ackerley Prize in 2020.
Alison Light's 2014 book, *Common People: The History of an English Family*, was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize.
Answer: False
Explanation: While *Common People: The History of an English Family* was recognized, it was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize (now the Baillie Gifford Prize), not declared a winner.
Alison Light's book *Mrs Woolf and the Servants* received recognition from the Longman History Today Awards.
Answer: True
Explanation: The book *Mrs Woolf and the Servants* was indeed recognized with second prize at the Longman History Today Awards.
In 2021, Alison Light was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.
Answer: True
Explanation: Alison Light was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2021, alongside fellowships from the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society.
What major literary award did Alison Light's 2019 memoir, *A Radical Romance*, receive?
Answer: The PEN/Ackerley Prize
Alison Light's book *Common People: The History of an English Family* achieved which distinction?
Answer: Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize
Which prize was *Mrs Woolf and the Servants* longlisted for?
Answer: The Samuel Johnson Prize
Alison Light was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in which year?
Answer: 2021
Alison Light is recognized as a founding member of the Raphael Samuel Archive and History Centre in London.
Answer: True
Explanation: The provided information confirms that Alison Light is indeed a founding member of the Raphael Samuel Archive and History Centre.
The historian Raphael Samuel married Alison Light in 1987.
Answer: True
Explanation: The provided information confirms that Alison Light married the historian Raphael Samuel in 1987.
Following the death of Raphael Samuel, Alison Light donated his collected papers to the British Library.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light donated Raphael Samuel's papers to establish the Raphael Samuel Archive at the Bishopsgate Institute, not the British Library.
Alison Light married John O'Halloran in the year 2005.
Answer: True
Explanation: The provided information confirms that Alison Light married John O'Halloran in 2005.
The Raphael Samuel Archive and History Centre in London was established through papers donated by Alison Light.
Answer: True
Explanation: Alison Light donated Raphael Samuel's papers, which were instrumental in establishing the Raphael Samuel Archive and History Centre in London.
Alison Light donated materials pertaining to her father, who was a noted historian.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light donated materials related to Raphael Samuel and Minna Keal, not her father.
What is Alison Light's connection to the Raphael Samuel Archive and History Centre?
Answer: She is a founding member.
Following Raphael Samuel's death, Alison Light ensured his papers were preserved where?
Answer: The Bishopsgate Institute
What historical significance does the Raphael Samuel Archive and History Centre hold?
Answer: It houses the collected papers of historian Raphael Samuel.
Alison Light donated materials related to Minna Keal, who was known for being:
Answer: A composer, mother of Raphael Samuel, and Communist activist
Alison Light serves as the sole editor for the Edinburgh University Press series, The Feminist Library.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light is a co-editor for the Edinburgh University Press series, The Feminist Library, not the sole editor.
Alison Light published her early fiction exclusively in the *New Statesman*.
Answer: False
Explanation: Alison Light published early fiction and reviews in publications such as *Spare Rib* and the *New Statesman*, meaning her early fiction was not exclusively published in the *New Statesman*.
Alison Light was a member of the editorial collective for *Feminist Review*, an academic journal connected to the British women's movement.
Answer: True
Explanation: The provided information confirms Alison Light's participation in the editorial collective of *Feminist Review*.
Alison Light was involved in organizing workshops focused on popular literature at the University of Oxford.
Answer: True
Explanation: Alison Light participated in organizing workshops, such as 'The Future of English,' at Ruskin College, Oxford, as part of the History Workshop Popular Literature Group.
During the 1990s, Alison Light contributed reviews exclusively to *The Times Literary Supplement* and not to popular magazines.
Answer: False
Explanation: During the 1990s, Alison Light contributed reviews to both *The Times Literary Supplement* and popular magazines such as *Sight & Sound*.
In 2007, Alison Light delivered the annual birthday lecture for the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain.
Answer: True
Explanation: The provided information confirms that Alison Light delivered the annual birthday lecture for the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain in 2007.
Alison Light is a co-editor for which Edinburgh University Press series?
Answer: The Feminist Library
Alison Light published early reviews and fiction in which feminist magazine?
Answer: Spare Rib
Alison Light was a member of the editorial collective for which academic journal?
Answer: Feminist Review
What was the theme of the workshop Alison Light helped organize at Ruskin College, Oxford, in 1991?
Answer: The Future of English
During the 1990s, Alison Light regularly contributed reviews to which film magazine?
Answer: Sight & Sound
What was the focus of Alison Light's 2007 lecture for the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain?
Answer: Aspects of Virginia Woolf's life and work