Tag: Writing

‘Nobody is pretending to like my work because of my fre...

There are some advantages to being an older debutant, including knowing what it’...

Eric de Bellaigue, man of letters who published a book ...

His book Guarded Words examined the work of the likes of Alexander Solzhenitsyn,...

Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller review – a blend of ...

In this lurid, big-boned, often brilliant book about a sculptor and a true-crime...

Why everyone should read the brilliant Douglas Adams no...

The author’s fourth novel in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series is a ma...

Gordon Snell, writer of warm and whimsical children’s b...

He met Maeve Binchy while he was working as a writer-producer for the BBC and de...

Richard Kindersley, typeface designer, letterer and scu...

He was the scion of a letter-cutting dynasty and believed that hand-carving conf...

Nostalgia for past to revive mailing

Whoever tried post mailing is familiar with the thrill of anticipation that acco...