roma tearne @ manchester lit festival
It’s always interesting when a novel is set somewhere you know particularly well, which is why I was intrigued by Sri Lankan author Roma Tearne’s fourth book The Swimmer. Apart from calling Ipswich a city […]
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FADI YAZIGI @ MOSAIC ROOMS
There’s not much that can be more timely than an exhibition by a Syrian artist in London which “reflects the personal tragedies of everyday contemporary Syrian reality.” I went down to speak to him for […]
CLAIRE TOMALIN @ MCR Literature Festival
Ever since I interviewed Claire Tomalin for her Pepys book which won the Whitbread Prize, I’ve come to think of her as our pre-eminent literary biographer. I simply can’t think of another author who gets […]
SOCIAL MEDIA: THE NEW BENEFIT CONCERT
Missing the massive benefit concert? No, me neither. They seem like relics of a bygone era. But it doesn’t mean that huge, band-based fundraising has died – like most things it’s gone online, as I […]
HUGH GRANT THE PHONE HACKING STAR
Phone hacking is back in the news again, which reminded me of a radio interview I heard where Hugh Grant not only made loads of sense, he made me pull over to the side of […]