Writers
Sad girl story: Sophie, Standing There, by Meg Mason, reviewed
Thirtysomething Sophie Pattison worships the celebrated author Lilac Dunne from afar. But what will happen when the two actually meet at a literary festival?
The Battle of Cross Street: High and Low, by Amanda Craig, reviewed
A group of writers in north London find themselves under siege in the local café as race riots erupt in a divided neighbourhood
Dick Clement on Porridge, Kirk Douglas and having seven projects on the go
Given their track record, you might think that Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais would be spared the struggles that…
Your problems solved
Q. As a writer I find working at home too distracting. I am a longstanding member of the London Library…
Low life
I like the New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield, who according to Virginia Woolf smelt like a civet cat and had…
Dear Mary
Q. Is there a polite way of halting a wannabe novelist from reading his oeuvre aloud to an unwilling audience?…
