Plastic perfection
Another bit of writing from last year was this review of Jonathan Yeo’s exhibition Skin Deep at the Bowes Museum,Continue Reading
Author: Charles Fernyhough
Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil, by Paul Bloom
I reviewed Paul Bloom‘s latest book for the December 2013 Literary Review; it is reproduced here with permission. Why are weContinue Reading
Weaponising memory
Last year I had the chance to work with theatre director Ian Rickson and the cast of his new productionContinue Reading
Who’s Got Hold of Children’s Imaginations?
To the Sage Gateshead yesterday for BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking Festival, and an event with acclaimed novelist Patrick NessContinue Reading
Shortlisted: Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2013
Pieces of Light has made the shortlist for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2013. Here is today’s pressContinue Reading
A Writers’ Alphabet
One fun thing that happened to me at the Edinburgh International Book Festival was that I was grabbed by theContinue Reading
Three days in Edinburgh
I just got back from my visit to the Edinburgh International Book Festival—tired, footsore and with fresh and vivid memoriesContinue Reading
Inner Speech: an episode of The Forum
Last week I was at Broadcasting House in London to record an episode of The Forum, the ideas and discussionContinue Reading
At the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2013
Next week I’ll be at the Edinburgh International Book Festival for a series of events on familiar (for me) themesContinue Reading
Review: Permanent Present Tense by Suzanne Corkin
I reviewed Suzanne Corkin’s book on the famous amnesiac HM for the Literary Review‘s May 2013 edition: Total Lack ofContinue Reading
