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Remain enigmatic — let them come and find you — you tell yourself, like an idiot. The internet is unavoidable,…
Very early on I set rules for dealing with rejection; sulk for a day, eat chocolate. The next day, see…
Like Mansfield, I love writing in cafes and bars. Being the anonymous voyeur, tucked away in a corner, with my…
Morgen Witzel on researching the life of the fourteenth century monarch. His lifelong fascination with the life of the Plantagenet…
You are reading what I wrote. It’s as close to thought transference as we’re ever likely to get, but I…
Richard Holmes speaks with Gabriel Gbadamosi about falling in love with your subjects, notebooks and imaginary conversations. Former RLF Trustee…
I have engaged in group holidays, and night classes, but never for long, and always with the primary aim of…
The writing life can be a tug-of-war between creation and procrastination; the need to produce, and the hurdles that get…
The way it has changed me the most is that I have, out of necessity, overcome my natural shyness and…
Lucinda Hawksley considers the evidence relating to the mystery surrounding the last hours of her great-great-great-grandfather, Charles Dickens. Lucinda Hawksley…
Apparently it’s all because of our evolutionary past. As social animals who wouldn’t survive alone. Apparently it’s all because of…
I’m always hoping to chance upon the kinds of details novelists — lucky things — use to light up their…
