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Marcelle Bernstein discerns a dark fear of abandonment beneath the magical realism of Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins blew into town…
Hilary Davies recounts how she was changed forever by prehistoric cave paintings. Prehistoric cave paintings have long captivated writers. When…
Stephen Wakelam discusses his early work with Lars von Trier. The internet in its great wisdom has decided that the…
Bill Kirton discusses how important rhythm is to writing. From our heartbeats to our breathing, to the feel of walking…
Livi Michael ponders whether it’s better to be discovered or valued. ‘Discoverability’ is the new buzzword in publishing. It is…
James Wilson describes how Robert Louis Stevenson helped reconcile his split selves. Robert Louis Stevenson is the patron saint of…
Julia Copus examines why the poet Charlotte Mew is not better known. Charlotte Mew ought to be better known. Brittle,…
James McConnachie, in search of a book idea, rekindles a lost passion. Eager for a book project to plunge into,…
John Pilkington finds literary inspiration in the espionage of 16th-century Christendom. 400 years before Burgess, Philby and Maclean, spies recruited…
Clare Pollard ponders what kind of China Ezra Pound could invent when he’d never been there and didn’t know the…
Roopa Farooki discusses how tapping her unconscious mind allowed her writing to soar. Roopa Farooki’s problem has never been writer’s…
Tom Bryan discusses how to achieve a literary legacy. Cervantes spoke of the ‘strange charm’ in hoping for a good…
