Miscellaneous meditations on books, music, literary life, and much else in between.
I write and review fiction. Books: Byron Easy, Jacob's Advice. I also teach Creative Writing at the University of Westminster.
Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.
News and insights from the UK's most prestigious prizes for political writing, plus new features on Orwell's life, work and legacy.
Your guide to the best writing on politics, culture, books, and ideas each weekend - from the New Statesman