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Diane Samuels discovers in the Tarot a ‘universal language for the imagination’. Generally associated with fortune-telling rather than story-telling, the…
Jonathan Tulloch takes us on an autumnal quest for scotch pies and bovril, and three RLF writers share their life-changing…
Am I actually going to get out of bed and start work? Of course not, and yet I can’t stop…
As a child some of my happiest memories are of pretending to be ill, climbing into my parents’ empty bed…
Linda Buckley-Archer considers the relationship between the novel and cinema. Although primarily a visual medium, the cinema has always relied…
Roy Bainton speaks with Frances Byrnes about adventurous lives, music and freelancing. Roy Bainton speaks with Frances Byrnes about the…
I have to be careful, he continued, turning to me with a smile, for I dabble in poisons a good…
It is irresponsible, his work seems to suggest, for the lyric poet to ignore what distracts him.
A fascination with mathematics prompted Brian McCabe to explore new directions in his poetry. Brian McCabe’s fascination with mathematics began…
It’s not just Nesbit’s books that inspire me, she was also a neighbour. She lived just down the road from…
Clare Shaw speaks with Geoff Hattersley about poetry, mental illness and her drive to find light in the dark. Clare…
The problem when you start writing seriously is that no one can really tell you how to do it.
