The boredom and bliss of a long read
The word is that technology is shortening our attention spans. Like the fungus that invades the minds of the infected…
The word is that technology is shortening our attention spans. Like the fungus that invades the minds of the infected…
I was shocked to hear last night that Hilary Mantel had died, aged 70. I had read and adored Mantel's…
Like last year, when it took me months to plough through The Brothers Karamazov, this year my reading has been…
There has been a lot of chatter about big books since the release of Hilary Mantel’s hugely anticipated and physically…
A lot can happen in 10 years. For me, there have been some big changes, including marriage and three kids,…
The rules of writing historical fiction are notoriously murky. Just how factual does the story need to be if it…