“But what’s it about?” The common question that haunts many writers is one where their audience wants an incredibly complex creation like a novel reduced to a few – sometimes...
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Golden Oldie
Bertrand Russell
Originally published September 2022. We continue with the next instalment in the series on Nobel laureate authors, some of whom may not stand the test of time. As the first...
The Professor
John Galsworthy
We continue with the next instalment in the series on Nobel laureate authors, some of whom may not stand the test of time. In terms of sheer volume, it is hard to beat...
Golden Oldie
Follow the money
So here’s the thing. Popular economics (by which I mean the sort that someone with a low pass at maths O-level second attempt can just about grasp) suggests that if supply...
The Storyteller
The England Nobel XI test team
Imagining the ultimate scorecard. Kipling, R. Galsworthy, J. Eliot, T. Russell, B. Churchill, W. [Capt] Golding, W. Pinter, H. Lessing, D. Naipaul, V. Ishiguro, K. Dylan,...
The Storyteller
Most wanted
It was a surprise to see an ex-pupil on Interpol’s Most Wanted list. I suppose I had assumed that life at a fairly decent sort of school in a fairly decent sort of place would...