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Check out the latest news from the RLF, WritersMosaic highlights, and Collected – our collection of interviews, reflections and articles exploring the literary life and world of writers today.

Sir Philip Sidney
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In The Shadow Of Arcadia

Philip Womack considers his long-standing obsession with Sidney’s sixteenth-century epic, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia. Philip Womack describes his long-standing…

Creative collaboration
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Creative Collaborations

Lisa Evans reflects on the literary alliances in her lifelong journey to professional playwright. Lisa Evans reflects on her lifelong…

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Voices From The Past

Leigh Russell asks whether modern writers can ever create authentic historical voices. Leigh Russell describes writing her first historical novel…

A wormhole
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Scientific Outsider Syndrome

Brian Clegg on bridging the communication gap between practicing scientists and the general public. Brian Clegg on his experience as…

hat and map
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Basic Instincts

Lee Weatherly on the value of writerly intuition. Lee Weatherly on the value of writerly intuition and how professional experience…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of a person wearing glasses with lenses that look like written pieces of paper.
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Fridays Behind Bars

Simon Booker on his experience as writer in residence at HMP Grendon. Simon Booker describes how a stint as writer…

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My Darling Temeraire

John Harrison on a famous ship, painted by a famous artist. John Harrison describes the last voyage of the Temeraire,…

Grandmother and grandchild
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Granny’s Voice

Penny Hancock on literary grandparents. Penny Hancock asks why there are so few grandparents in literature, when compared with the…

food
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In Search Of Past Meals

Lizzie Collingham on researching the history of food. Lizzie Collingham describes some of her research into the history of food,…

Jean Froissart
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On the Road With Edward III

Morgen Witzel on researching the life of the fourteenth century monarch. His lifelong fascination with the life of the Plantagenet…

Illustration by Fran Pulido of woman by window thinking what to write with book birds flying past window.
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The Mystery Around Dickens’s Death

Lucinda Hawksley considers the evidence relating to the mystery surrounding the last hours of her great-great-great-grandfather, Charles Dickens. Lucinda Hawksley…