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John Keay speaks with James McConnachie about relics of Empire, roving Scots and hectic book tours. John Keay speaks with…
Voice, for me, has to be a tool or it is nothing, and writing, for me, is not self-expression, it’s…
Cherise Saywell on what a favourite novel means to her. Jean Rhys’s 1966 novel, Wide Sargasso Sea, captivated Cherise Saywell…
Once you have a draft you have something to work with, and in many ways, that’s where the magic begins.
Jonny Wright considers the sobering contemporary parallels of a 1959 play, and Kerry Young explores her literary origins. Jonny Wright…
Montaigne was dead set against authoritarians, system-makers and pedants. He celebrated diversity, personal liberty and tolerance.
Lucinda Hawksley describes her quest to uncover the truth about a ‘much-maligned’ member of the Royal Family. When Lucinda Hawksley…
I’d rather be thought of as a dissident than a company man; poetry should never have an office in City…
Michael Blackburn speaks with Geoff Hattersley about poetry, The Establishment and being a ‘Grand-père Terrible’. Michael Blackburn speaks with Geoff…
Cynthia Rogerson’s talisman is a piece of writing – a letter from a famous novelist. Cynthia Rogerson explains how she…
Ignore those who tell you that your poetry is too personal, too intimate, or lyrical. Remember, these are the very…
Ruth Thomas recalls interesting times in Argentina during the nineteen-nineties. Re-reading the diaries she wrote during the early nineteen-nineties, when…
