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From Owl To Lark
Dilys Rose reflects on her writing routines and how, despite a demanding academic career and a busy family life, she…
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Ut Pictura Poesis
Cliff Forshaw, painter and poet, describes how honing his craft in one medium informs and influences the other. Cliff Forshaw,…
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The Madness Of Art
Miranda Miller examines the writing notebooks kept by Henry James and finds useful advice for modern novelists. For more than…
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Never Mind The Pigeonholes
Zoë Howe on the challenges of stepping outside your creative comfort zone. Zoë Howe explores the challenges of stepping outside…
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The Photograph
Marcus Chown explores the connections between a rediscovered family photograph and his career as a science writer. Marcus Chown discovers…
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Essaying Ethics
Chris Arthur explores a historical tragedy and questions the ethics at the heart of writing about the people and events…
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Retirement? What’s That?
Robin Blake asks whether it’s possible for writers to retire and reflects on his own reluctance to stop working. Robin…
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Writer’s Block
Susan Elliot Wright delves into the phenomenon of writer’s block and explains how she broke her own creative paralysis. Susan…
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Discovering Dylan
Jonathan Edwards recalls his time as writer in residence at Dylan Thomas’s boathouse and explains why the poet’s work remains…
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False Endings
Lois Pryce describes her year with Long Covid and the impact the illness had on her reading and writing. In…
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The Migratory Swallow
Gerry Cambridge on returning to his childhood home and finding inspiration in the landscape where his writing career began. Gerry…
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A Sea Of Unknown Faces
Rhiannon Tise shares how online writing groups have provided invaluable support and motivation for writers in lockdown. Rhiannon Tise was…