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Marcus Chown explores the connections between a rediscovered family photograph and his career as a science writer. Marcus Chown discovers…
Most of the students I worked with as a RLF Writing Fellow were struggling with too many assignments. We spent…
I’m a gothic writer, so I regularly post photographs of ruined churches and ancient castles, or bizarre and macabre news…
That’s the thing about stories; they tend to work to their own schedules. That’s the thing about stories; they tend…
Poetry Break: Jane Feaver and Julia Copus discuss classic poems by John Clare. Jane Feaver and our host Julia Copus…
A grounding in contextual fact transformed my own book, and Beryl Bainbridge went on to be shortlisted for the Booker…
My mother taught at the school, French usually, but also Social Health. In front of my form group, she unrolled…
James Baldwin’s books weren’t just about being black or gay. They were about being human, and what has to be…
Writers discuss their favourite book in translation. Mahendra Solanki, Rukhsana Ahmad, Millie Murray, Mirza Waheed, Brian Keaney, Ade Solanke and…
Chris Arthur explores a historical tragedy and questions the ethics at the heart of writing about the people and events…
Writing, too, needs a balance. Both in its structure to convey the content, as well as the life of the…
I have seven older brothers. In the seventies, when I was still very young, I can remember waking up at…
