{"id":1897,"date":"2026-06-26T16:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/?page_id=1897"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:54:01","slug":"lady-c-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/index.php\/lady-c-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady C &#8211; articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry-title\"><strong>Did Lady Chatterley\u2019s Lover Inspire \u2018Try a Little Tenderness\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-post-tags\">June 25, 2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Few songs have enjoyed a longer or more varied afterlife than \u2018Try a Little Tenderness\u2019. From its origins in 1932 to celebrated recordings by Otis Redding and countless others, the song has become part of popular culture across generations. Yet beneath its familiar melody may lie an unexpected literary connection. Guy Cuthbertson, author of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.co.uk\/book\/9780300266375\/lady-c\/\">Lady C<\/a><\/em>, investigates whether one of the twentieth century\u2019s most controversial novels, D.H. Lawrence\u2019s <em>Lady Chatterley\u2019s Lover, <\/em>helped inspire the song\u2019s most memorable lines. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Full article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.co.uk\/did-lady-chatterleys-lover-inspire-try-a-little-tenderness\/\">https:\/\/yalebooks.co.uk\/did-lady-chatterleys-lover-inspire-try-a-little-tenderness\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did Lady Chatterley\u2019s Lover Inspire \u2018Try a Little Tenderness\u2019? June 25, 2026 Few songs have enjoyed a longer or more varied afterlife than \u2018Try a Little Tenderness\u2019. From its origins in 1932 to celebrated recordings by Otis Redding and countless others, the song has become part of popular culture across generations. Yet beneath its familiar &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/index.php\/lady-c-articles\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1897","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901,"href":"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1897\/revisions\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guycuthbertson.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}