song-writing

How the teenage Carole King struck gold

22 November 2025 9:00 am

Aged 18, she wrote ‘Will You (Still) Love Me Tomorrow’ which reached No 1 in the US – and the hits kept coming

A meeting of misfits: Seascraper, by Benjamin Wood, reviewed

12 July 2025 9:00 am

An unlikely friendship develops between a taciturn local youth and a fast-talking American film-maker in a grim coastal town in postwar Britain