# Jeremy Harding

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British writer and journalist (born 1952)

Jeremy Harding Born 1952 (age 73–74) London, England Education Wellington College Alma mater Magdalene College, Cambridge Occupations Writer and journalist Notable credit London Review of Books

**Jeremy Harding** (born 1952)[1] is a British writer and journalist, based in the south of France. He is a contributing editor at *[London Review of Books](/source/London_Review_of_Books)*. He is the author of books including *Small Wars, Small Mercies* (1993), *The Uninvited: Refugees at the Rich Man's Gate* (2000), *Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy* (2006), and *Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World* (2012).

## Life and work

Harding was born in [London](/source/London), England, where he was placed for adoption at 11 days old by his Irish mother.[2] He grew up in [West London](/source/West_London).[1] He tells the story of his adoption and the search for his biological mother in the book *Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy* (2006).[3] He was later educated at [Wellington College](/source/Wellington_College%2C_Berkshire) and [Magdalene College, Cambridge](/source/Magdalene_College%2C_Cambridge), where he read English.[4]

Harding is a contributing editor at the *[London Review of Books](/source/London_Review_of_Books)*.[5] He lives in France, an hour from [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux), with his wife and three sons.[5]

## Publications

### Publications by Harding

- *Small Wars, Small Mercies: Journeys in Africa's Disputed Nations*. London: [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books), 1993. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780140134339](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780140134339). - *The Fate of Africa: Trial by Fire*. New York: [Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster), 1993. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780671723590](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780671723590).

- *The Uninvited: Refugees at the Rich Man's Gate* (2000).[6][7]

- *Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy* (2006).[8][9]

- *Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World* (2012).[10]

- *Analogue Africa: Notes on the Anti-Colonial Imagination*. London: [Verso Books](/source/Verso_Books), 2026. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781804295960](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781804295960).[11]

### Publications with contributions by Harding

- *Arthur Rimbaud: Selected Poems and Letters*. Penguin Classics. London: Penguin, 2004. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0140448023](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0140448023). Translated by Harding and [John Sturrock](/source/John_Sturrock_(writer)).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-theguardian-adie_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-theguardian-adie_1-1) [Adie, Kate](/source/Kate_Adie) (5 May 2006). ["Review: Mother Country by Jeremy Harding"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/may/06/featuresreviews.guardianreview29). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0261-3077](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ft-tilney_2-0)** Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (17 March 2006). ["Father fissure"](https://www.ft.com/content/233591ea-b4a4-11da-bd61-0000779e2340). *www.ft.com*. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Wilkinson, Carl (4 March 2007). ["Review: Mother Country by Jeremy Harding"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/mar/04/features.review3). *[The Observer](/source/The_Observer)*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0029-7712](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0029-7712). Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Cambridge tripos results: English and Economics", *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*, 9 July 1973, p. 16.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-theguardian-kellaway_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-theguardian-kellaway_5-1) [Kellaway, Kate](/source/Kate_Kellaway) (26 March 2006). ["Interview: Jeremy Harding"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/mar/26/biography.features). *The Observer*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0029-7712](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0029-7712). Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Ascherson, Neal (18 May 2000). ["Any port in a storm for determined migrants"](https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/may/18/guardianweekly). *The Guardian*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0261-3077](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Daniels, Anthony (1 July 2000). ["Don't shoot the gatekeeper"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jul/01/politics.society). *The Guardian*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0261-3077](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Palmer, Judith (2 June 2006). ["Mother Country, by Jeremy Harding | A Forever Family, by John Houghton"](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/mother-country-by-jeremy-hardinga-forever-family-by-john-houghton-480685.html). *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/mother-country-by-jeremy-hardinga-forever-family-by-john-houghton-480685.html) from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Cooke, Rachel](/source/Rachel_Cooke) (8 April 2006). ["Observer review: Mother Country by Jeremy Harding"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/apr/09/biography.features). *The Observer*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0029-7712](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0029-7712). Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Beckett, Andy (16 November 2012). ["Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World by Jeremy Harding – review"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/nov/16/border-vigils-jeremy-harding-review). *The Guardian*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0261-3077](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [*Analogue Africa: Notes on the Anti-Colonial Imagination*](https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Analogue_Africa.html?id=zuIzEQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y), via Google Books.

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