The Year of Living Deeply 4: On Finding Susumu Yokota

I first heard the music of Susumu Yokota in the flat of my friends Luke and Caroline, sometime in the … More

Hugo Williams

In the summer of 1986, when he was poetry editor of New Statesman and not long after Writing Home had … More

In 1991 we moved to a house in Brixton, south London. Of all our welcomes, that of our neighbour, … More

Alan Booth wasn’t the first teacher to teach me something, but he was the first who drew me into the … More

This is Jörn Cann. He was my ward doctor at the haematology unit where I was treated for non-Hodgkin’s … More

In 1991 we moved to a house in Brixton, south London. Of all our welcomes, that of our neighbour, the … More

One of the biggest influences on my life, let alone my writing, is Martin Wilson. I should know; he’s my … More

I’m talking about real influence now –Raymond Carver This is the first in a new series of blog posts about people … More