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Ruth spotted my love of writing poems. In my final year at primary school I wrote an adventure story and…
No matter what I’m doing, I start the day with a bath. This enables me to indulge in my first…
Mark Blayney asks whether we should meet our literary heroes. Mark Blayney asks whether we should meet our literary heroes…
First there were folders of paper, then square floppy discs, then round CDs, extra disc drives, and now tiny memory…
I see the City as a fascinating combination of a historical archive and a contemporary drama. I see the City…
Poetry Break: Kathryn Maris and Julia Copus discuss classic poems by Thomas Hardy. Kathryn Maris and our host Julia Copus…
It is quite a bizarre concept that the person who is the only reason that the audience turns up, doesn’t…
I make a nest. I commandeer one corner of the sofa, surround myself with cushions and blankets, set up my…
Beth Miller discusses first novels and the value of writing that doesn’t make the final draft. Beth Miller discusses the…
Something about each of these ideas was compelling enough to force me to scrutinise and start the creative process; but…
Once I’ve selected one of the poems clamouring for attention as a sacrificial victim, I’ll send it off to one…
Tolstoy liked to go out with a scythe and work with the peasants. I’m not a nineteenth century Russian landowner,…
