Claire Foster-Gilbert Livres

The stunning retelling of Julian of Norwich's story, the first woman to write a book in the English language

By turns tender and punk-tough, Shine of the Ever is a literary mixtape of queer voices out of 1990s Portland. This collection of short stories explores what binds a community of queer and trans people as they negotiate love, screwing up and learning to forgive themselves for being young and sometimes foolish.

A deep reflections on the nature of trust in the context of public life.

The diary of an incurable cancer diagnosis, and finding hope in the face of mortality

Letters from Lockdown comprises 12 weekly letters written by the Director of Westminster Abbey Institute during the Coronavirus lockdown, and three accompanying essays that give the deeply personal perspectives of a politician, a civil servant and a police officer as the crisis unfolds.

Truth in Public Life explores the difficulty in defining truth, its critical importance in civilised society and the challenges and threats to telling the truth in different public service settings. This short book is a potent reminder of how important truth is, even as it is threatened afresh.

Integrity in Public Life provides a critique of and an essential guide to integrity, leaving the reader with some hope for its continued place in public life.

The Power of Whitehall is an accessible introduction to the life of the Civil Servant as well as the Civil Service itself.