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Designing And Building A Desk
Tobias Jones on how he built his own desk. After years of making-do with desks he disliked – or which…
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Miracle Of The Plague Year
Marcus Chown on living through a London lockdown. Marcus Chown describes the early months of the lockdown in London, and…
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How I Fell In Love With My House In Lockdown
Penny Hancock on discovering some previously unknown aspects of her family home. Penny Hancock describes an unforeseen benefit of months…
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Mind The Gap
Sarah Williams on some of the challenges of a translator’s life. Sarah Williams describes the range of challenges she has…
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Harps Without Angels
Gerry Cambridge on his enriching and at times exasperating relationship with an extraordinary instrument. Art forms often have similarities based…
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The Glaciers Are Melting And The Loggers Are Back
Tiffany Murray on how the writer articulates the ever-increasing threat to their natural environments. As a writer inspired by the…
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Stranger Than Fiction?
Mary Colson on why she prefers facts to fiction. Mary Colson on her enduring love of facts, and how this…
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Into A Land Of Pure Magic
Rick Stroud on how his daughter Nell Gifford fell in love with the circus. Reflecting on his daughter Nell Gifford’s…
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What Is A Political Novel?
Miranda Miller on dealing with political ideas in fiction. Miranda Miller considers some examples of the ‘political novel’, and reflects…
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The Place That Is And Isn’t
Stephanie Norgate on why writers are constantly in search of lost places. Remembering her own childhood holidays in Italy, Stephanie…
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Writers In Lockdown, part 3
Valerie Gillies, Helen Grant, Tracey Herd and Sheena Wilkinson on life in lockdown. Valerie Gillies describes a changed world; Helen…
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Finding the Woman In ‘The Kiss’
Penny Black on writing about an extraordinary woman. Researching her play about Emile Flöge, friend and business partner of the…