George Martin remembered
The National, March 2015 Author and television writer David Simon mourned that “if the rest of us could all have such a shepherd for our works, the world might just make sense.” Mark Ronson said […]
Ben East
Ian Rankin interview
The National, March 2016 Ian Rankin is in demand. The Scottish crime-writer, whose Detective Inspector Rebus series has now sold a staggering 30 million copies and been translated into 36 languages, is battling jet lag […]
Amy Cuddy interview
The National, February 2016 We’ve all been there. That interview for a life-changing job that doesn’t go to plan. A business pitch to potential backers that falls at the first hurdle. Even a dinner party […]
Lily James Q&A
The National, February 2016 Familiar to fans of Downton Abbey as Lady Rose Aldridge, Lily James now takes on the role of Natasha Rostova in War & Peace, the BBC’s big-budget adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic. How relevant do you […]
JJ Abrams profile
The National, December 2015 “Exciting, spectacular and seductively innocent”; “A humongous piece of cinema … with intergalactic, warp-speed, panoramic blockbuster action”; “Bold but beautiful, nostalgic but new”. The critical reaction to Star Wars: The Force Awakens (and […]