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After his father’s death, Jonathan Tulloch writes for the first time about his relationship with the man and his notebook…
Sue Purkiss goes digging for Alfred and turns up Aethelflaed instead. Researching a children’s book set in the time of…
Times New Roman? Jonathan Falla would as soon serve malt whisky in a styrofoam cup. As a young man, Jonathan…
Jill Dawson travels to Fort Worth, Texas, and finds the source of Patricia Highsmith’s pain. A ‘little hell’ was how…
Katharine Quarmby explores how adoption shapes the writer’s identity. As a transracial adoptee, Katharine Quarmby wondered if her family stories…
Ron Butlin offers a backstage tour of the opera librettist’s strange and specialised world. Writers are not often told ‘the…
Roopa Farooki ‘leans in’ to Joyce’s masterpiece. The best way to challenge the anxiety of influence, for Roopa Farooki, was…
John Greening explores unusual poetic materials. From William Carlos Williams’ prescription pads to George Szirtes’ Twitter-length stanzas, the medium has…
Why did Conan Doyle murder Sherlock Holmes? David Stuart Davies investigates. David Stuart Davies, a world authority on Sherlock Holmes,…
Cynthia Rogerson rides freight trains in the American West. Wrapping herself around cables so as to sleep and brushing her…
Helena Drysdale crosses into the realm of cancer. Travel writer Helena Drysdale has observed death rites in Tibet, Madagascar and…
Kapka Kassabova witnesses magic between continents. Deep in the enchanted forest, tucked between Europe and Asia, people have gathered for…
