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King of tall tales: Why children's author Philip Ardagh's is literature's biggest joker
He stands 6ft 7in, he's just been named the funniest man in literature, and he's the very embodiment of Disgusting (no, not Disgusted) of Tunbridge Wells. Meet children's author Philip Ardagh
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Forgotten Author No. 42: William Fryer Harvey
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Looking back at these columns, it seems that the fastest way to become a forgotten author is to be compared to some of the century's greatest writers. In 1955, The Times Literary Supplement praised William Fryer Harvey as the equal of MR James and Walter De La Mare, at which point he started a decline into such obscurity that even the internet is of little help in locating his fiction.
The 50 best winter reads
Saturday, 14 November 2009
From fantastic fiction to brilliant biographies, this is the season to stock up yourhome library. Sophie Morris selects the hottest books for the colder months
Ayn Rand: Can two new biographies unravel the mystery of the mad, sad heroine of the American right?
Friday, 13 November 2009
Johann Hari feels compassion for a monster
The Diary: Shantaram film; Lumiere festival; Tom Atkinson; Hans Holbein; Harold Evans
Friday, 13 November 2009
Lifestyle gurus: Odes to recovery
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Do artists, musicians and writers make for good lifestyle gurus? A new project asked leading cultural figures to contribute their personal take on addiction for a series of self-help guides with a difference
A life of rhyme: John Cooper Clarke, the 'punk Poet Laureate', grants Robert Chalmers his first major interview in more than 20 years
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Who'd be the 'punk Poet Laureate'? There's the heroin addiction, the gobbing hecklers, not to mention the cold shoulder from the literary establishment. In his first major interview for two decades, John Cooper Clarke delivers chapter and verse about life with Nico, 'keeping the dream alive' in Milton Keynes and being mistaken for Ronnie Wood
A lore unto himself: Owen Sheers is having his way with an ancient myth
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Owen Sheers isn't like other poets: when he's not fronting TV shows, he's picking his way through Dylan Thomas's wallet or diving into lakes with a Booker nominee.
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