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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…
Sara Wheeler speaks with Caroline Sanderson about inspiration, the future of travel writing and celebrating the human spirit’s endurance. Sara…
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…
Sophie Duffy reflects on how finding the details that illuminate a life can help mourners navigate the grieving process. How…
What am I thinking of when I write? Why do I think I am doing it? I am bringing my…
Poetry Break: Rebecca Watts and Julia Copus discuss a romantic poem by Hart Crane. Rebecca Watts and our host Julia…
I see writing for publication as a contract. I make up stuff that I hope will inform, entertain, scare, thrill…
I joined the Barbara Pym Society and attended their conferences in Oxford, where I bought Pym swag and home-made quince…
When I’m in editing mode I almost can’t read other writers’ work, because everything feels overwritten. I can’t stop my…
