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Amid the tangled wreckage of the allied occupied city we meet a handsome if delusional GI who believes he is…
Ron Butlin offers a backstage tour of the opera librettist’s strange and specialised world. Writers are not often told ‘the…
Marcelle Bernstein explores the psychology of creativity, and Carole Angier asks whether it’s possible to teach creative writing. Marcelle Bernstein…
Whether I like it or not I work best to a paid commission with a strict deadline. As if by…
Roopa Farooki ‘leans in’ to Joyce’s masterpiece. The best way to challenge the anxiety of influence, for Roopa Farooki, was…
Pascale Petit explores her ‘Zoo Father’ with Julia Copus, and explains the connections between sculpture and poetry. Pascale Petit speaks…
And this would be my first advice to my younger, lonely writing self; find writer friends and work with them.
John Greening explores unusual poetic materials. From William Carlos Williams’ prescription pads to George Szirtes’ Twitter-length stanzas, the medium has…
Max Adams speaks with Kona Macphee about walking, geography and the joys of generalism. Max Adams speaks with Kona Macphee…
Sobel had encountered the story when she covered an academic conference on Harrison. Her article was spotted by a New…
Why did Conan Doyle murder Sherlock Holmes? David Stuart Davies investigates. David Stuart Davies, a world authority on Sherlock Holmes,…
Eleanor Updale exposes the idiocy of broadcasting ‘nowspeak’, and Jonathan Tulloch celebrates his native Cumbrian dialect. Eleanor Updale wittily exposes…
