https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n05/susannah-clapp/at-the-pompidou Created Fri, 23/02/2024 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 23/02/2024 - 00:00 Simmonds’s books and newspaper strips have been a compass for generations of British women, as sure a gauge of who and where they are as Marks and Spencer knickers.