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For every J.K. Rowling there are thousands of writers for whom the minimum wage would be serious improvement on reality.
Visiting the Bethlem Royal Hospital archives allowed Miranda Miller to enter into the world of a nineteenth-century asylum. The artist…
The next person who gave me permission to write was my best friend. We would swap sword and sorcery books…
Hugh Thomson speaks with George Miller about travel writing and the fascinations of Peru. Hugh Thomson explains how he started…
Beroul’s Tristan introduced me to a world which was concrete, physically very present and peopled with personalities who were many…
Jan Marsh looks into the murkier depths of historical non-fiction. Jan Marsh came to believe she had discovered the real-life…
There’s no one around to practice Eurovision dance routines with, or to play Monopoly. You watched ‘Moonraker’ on VHS yesterday.
Fiona Shaw speaks with Frances Byrnes about being unexpectedly driven to write by her own severe emotions. Fiona Shaw tells…
Writing is the place you put your life, the overflowing-ness of it, and at other times it’s the well from…
Eleanor Updale shares her Writer’s Talisman — the last remains of Bobby. Eleanor Updale shares her Writer’s Talisman — the…
Christie Dickason explores the deep connections between humans and animals — and the consequences of loss. As humans, we see…
Peter Forbes talks us through a word-precise career, and Stephen Wakelam survives changing fashions in TV drama. Peter Forbes talks…
