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On the seventh of July 2005, just after 9 a.m., do not catch that westbound Piccadilly Line tube into central…
We tolerate the disorganised genius who can never submit their work on time because their work is worth the wait.…
In a London-centric publishing industry, I’m making something of a name for myself as a writer of wrongs in Manchester.…
It is the loss of faith that I recognise and find so resonant today. It is resonant because we no…
In strange pandemic times, I found this continual cycle comforting. No matter what happens, the bulbs you plant in autumn…
Barbara Pym’s renaissance was sparked in 1977 in the TLS when both Lord Cecil and Philip Larkin claimed her as…
I have a very low boredom threshold, so if I bore myself, I know I’ll bore you and you’ll rightly…
Aquariums, zoos, safari parks, they’re otherworldly places: so many things there have clearly just landed from outer space. So many…
In my teens, I made sure the entire family knew about it by donning my writing trousers – jeans with…
Even the fiercest, toughest girls responded to your unfeigned kindliness, your motherly affection. With hindsight I see how much you…
I needed to learn that so much happens in the prewriting stage when the mind is working in the background,…
I heard the words I’d typed – one day, years ago, not feeling like a ‘proper’ writer – brought to…
