Francis Spufford’s review of This Census Taker in The Guardian, heads the “stoic bleakness” in the novel with a choice of author photograph designed to bring out the same qualities. The familiar image … Continue reading The Naked Author 1: This Census Taker
So the Rolling Stones sang at Glastonbury last night. Or as @sisterspooky tweeted this morning “I have to clean today. Being a grown-up is rubbish.” Back to the Rolling Stones, who said … Continue reading You Can’t Always Get What You Want
It’s been a fortnight since I went to hear China Miéville – the Boss – on ‘Visions of London’. I should have waited for the transcript*, but I know what … Continue reading London, true dat
It struck me, watching China Miéville come out on stage at the Purcell Room yesterday, that in a fight with any current modern author, he’d win. To begin with it … Continue reading China Miéville is the Boss
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