- June 27, 1993:
- · Political Economy · Margaret Horner · ss
- October 15, 1995:
- · Profit and Lust · Will Self · ss
- August 17, 1997:
- · Weirdly Wise · J. G. Ballard · br [Ref. Chris Rodley]
- October 1, 2000:
- · The Writer, the Accident, and a Lonely End · Edward Helmore · ar [Ref. Stephen King]
- April 1, 2001:
- · Modern Boys and Mobile Girls · William Gibson · ar
- May 13, 2001:
- · Douglas Adams Dies at Age 49 · Paul Harris · ar [Ref. Douglas Adams]
- · “He’ll be remembered as someone who created a complete other world” · Stephen Fry · ar [Ref. Douglas Adams]
- December 29, 2002:
- · Vernor Vinge · John Hind · iv [Ref. Vernor Vinge]
- January 1, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 1 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- January 8, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 2 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- January 15, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 3 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- January 22, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 4 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- January 29, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 5 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- February 5, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 6 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- February 12, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 7 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- February 19, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 8 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- February 26, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 9 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- March 5, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 10 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- March 12, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 11 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- March 19, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 12 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- March 26, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 13 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- April 2, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 14 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- April 9, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 15 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- April 16, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 16 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- April 23, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 17 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- April 30, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 18 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- May 7, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 19 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- May 14, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 20 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- May 21, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 21 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- May 28, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 22 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- June 4, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 23 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- June 11, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 24 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- June 18, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 25 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- June 25, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 26 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- July 2, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 27 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- July 9, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 28 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- July 16, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 29 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- July 23, 2006:
- · Zugzwang [Part 30 of 30] · Ronan Bennett · sl
- · Zugzwang: A Novel Idea · Paul Simon · ar
- December 28, 2008:
- · A Private Experience · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · ss
- December 27, 2009:
- · Irene · Kate Clanchy · ss
- December 26, 2010:
- · Fancy Dress · Kate Horsley · ss
- December 23, 2012:
- · The Shapes We Made · Joe Dunthorne · ss
- August 11, 2013:
- · “Writing was a drug I couldn’t stop taking” · Kate Kellaway · ar [Ref. Samantha Shannon]
- December 22, 2013:
- · Stairs · Penelope Lively · ss; illustrated by Pietari Posti
- December 27, 2015:
- · Sir Terry Pratchett Remembered by His Daughter, Rhianna Pratchett · Rhianna Pratchett · ob [Ref. Terry Pratchett]
- · Henning Mankell Remembered by Kenneth Branagh · Kenneth Branagh · ob [Ref. Henning Mankell]
- · Jackie Collins Remembered by Her Sister, Joan · Joan Collins · ob [Ref. Jackie Collins]
- · Ruth Rendell Remembered by Valerie Amos · Valerie Amos · ob [Ref. Ruth Rendell]
- August 27, 2017:
- · The Philip K Dick Book I Love Most… · Nicola Barker, Michael Moorcock & Adam Roberts · ar [Ref. Philip K. Dick]
- December 23, 2018:
- · The Blake-Wadsworth Gallery of Reborn Dolls · Amy Bloom · ss
- February 17, 2019:
- · “You have to risk going too far” · Alex Preston · iv [Ref. Marlon James]
- August 25, 2019:
- · “I want to go out as someone who spoke the truth” · Sean O’Hagan · iv [Ref. Edna O’Brien]
- September 22, 2019:
- · The Cockroach · Ian McEwan · ex Jonathan Cape, September 2019
- February 16, 2020:
- · Leila Slimanï: “This Book Is a Mirror to Make the Elite Look Reality in the Face” · Kim Willsher · ar [Ref. Leila Slimani]
- April 25, 2020:
- · Tolstoy, Steinbeck, Dafoe—Why Are So Many Turning to Classic Novels? · Diana Ferguson · ar [Ref. Penelope Lively]
- May 17, 2020:
- · Whodunnit? Did Agatha Christie “Borrow” the Plot for Acclaimed Novel? · Vanessa Thorpe · ar [Ref. Agatha Christie]; about whether The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was influenced by Stein Riverton’s The Iron Chariot.
- October 10, 2020:
- · “Technologists Have Failed to Listen to Non-Technologists” · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Cory Doctorow]
- November 29, 2020:
- · The Photo Is the Clue: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Love for His Lost World Hero · Vanessa Thorpe · ar [Ref. Arthur Conan Doyle]
- May 15, 2021:
- · “I Am Stupidly Optimistic: It Got me Through All These Years” · Hadley Freeman · ar [Ref. Salman Rushdie]
- May 22, 2021:
- · John Steinbeck’s Estate Urged to Let the World Read His Shunned Werewolf Novel · Dalya Alberge · ar [Ref. John Steinbeck]
- May 23, 2021:
- · The Reputation Game: How Authors Try to Control Their Image from Beyond the Grave · Edward Helmore · ar [Ref. Philip Roth]
- June 5, 2021:
- · How Tove Jansson’s Love of Nature Shaped the World of the Moomins · Susannah Clapp · ar [Ref. Tove Jansson]
- June 27, 2021:
- · Philip Roth, Blake Bailey, and Publishing in the Post #MeToo Era · Andrew Anthony · ar [Ref. Philip Roth]
- July 31 2021:
- · Revealed: The Secret Trauma That Inspired German Literary Giant · Donna Ferguson · ar [Ref. W. G. Sebald]
- August 7, 2021:
- · “Style Isn’t Something You Apply Later” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Martin Amis]
- March 5, 2022:
- · Fantasy Fans Crowdfund Record £17M for Author Brandon Sanderson’s New Novels · David Barnett · ar [Ref. Brandon Sanderson]
- March 12, 2022:
- · Hoard of the Rings: “Lost” Scripts for BBC Television Drama Discovered · Dalya Alberge · ar [Ref. J. R. R. Tolkien]
- May 14, 2022:
- · Harry Potter and the Missing Sketches: JK Rowling’s First Drawings of Boy Wizard · Vanessa Thorpe · ar [Ref. J. K. Rowling]
- July 31, 2022:
- · “When the Political Pollen Gets High, I’m Going to Sneeze” · Tim Adams · iv [Ref. Mohsin Hamid]
- October 9, 2022:
- · Cutting His Teeth: How Bram Stoker Found His Inner Dracula in Scotland · Joanna Moorhead · ar [Ref. Bram Stoker]
- December 4, 2022:
- · “I love writing for children”: Emma Thompson and Axel Scheffler on Their Amazing Shaggy Dog Story · Claire Armistead · iv [Ref. Emma Thompson & Axel Scheffler]
- December 11, 2022:
- · What Was Dracula Really Like? 550-Year-Old Clue to Life of Vlad the Impaler Emerges · David Barnett · ar [Ref. Bram Stoker]
- December 18, 2022:
- · Juana the Mad · Tessa Hadley · ss
- January 8, 2023:
- · Poetry Often Involves Obsessive Personalities · Kate Kellaway · iv [Ref. Don Paterson]
- · The Outsider: Why Katherine Mansfield Still Divides Opinion 100 Years After Her Death · Helen Simpson · ar [Ref. Katherine Mansfield]
- · Guys Who Like Kafka Are Insufferable · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Nell Zink]
- January 15, 2023:
- · Paul Auster: “The right to own a gun in the US is seen as a kind of holy grail” · Lisa O’Kelly · iv [Ref. Paul Auster]
- · Paul Auster: “The gun that killed my grandfather was the same gun that ruined my father’s life” · Paul Auster · ex from Bloodbath Nation, Faber and Faber, January 2023
- January 29, 2023:
- · “I Knew my son had gone”: Michael Rosen on the Moment That Changed His Life · Michael Rosen · ex
from Getting Better, forthcoming from Ebury Press (February 2, 2023).- · “I Have sad thoughts every day. I try not to be overcome by them”: Michael Rosen on Coping with the Death of His Son · Alex Moshakis · iv [Ref. Michael Rosen]
- · OMG! It’s Jane Austen…The TikTok Generation Embraces New Heroine · David Barnett · ar [Ref. Jane Austen]
- July 2, 2023:
- · “Chose drugs?” 30 years After He Wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh Says Life Is Tougher Now · David Barnett · iv [Ref. Irvine Welsh]
- September 10, 2023:
- · “I’d Have Made an Awful Spy. I Don’t Have a Smartphone or Wifi” · Kate Kellaway · iv [Ref. Mick Herron]
- October 8, 2023:
- · Sweden’s “Queen of Noir” Camilla Läckberg Accused of Using a Ghostwriter · Philip Otterman · ar [Ref. Camilla Läckberg]
- October 15, 2023:
- · “The wolf at my throat”: Observer Writer Christopher Wordsworth’s Diaries Reveal a Troubled Life · Vanessa Thorpe · ar [Ref. Christopher Wordsworth]
- November 5, 2023:
- · “The secret to a happy marriage is creaking bed springs—from laughter” · Michael Hogan · iv [Ref. Jilly Cooper]
- November 19, 2023:
- · Newly Discovered String Quartet by Clockwork Orange Author Anthony Burgess to Have Premiere · Dalya Alberge · ar [Ref. Anthony Burgess]
- December 3, 2023:
- · Intention · Etgar Keret; translated by Jessica Cohen · ss; “a short story written in the aftermath of Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel”.
translated from the Hebrew.- December 10, 2023:
- · “Killing Eve ended with Villanelle’s death. This is why I’m bringing her back to life” · Luke Jennings · ar
- December 23, 2023:
- · Yankee Swap · Jonathan Escoffery · ss; illustrated by Laurie Hastings
- August 18, 2024:
- · “Bodies are such a good source of drama” · Anthony Cummins · iv [Ref. Mark Haddon]
- August 25, 2024:
- 11 · Lust and Longing at the English Seaside · Alan Hollinghurst · ex
from Our Evenings forthcoming from Picador (October 2024).- 14 · “People used to say I was undermining family life…ludicrous stuff that would never be suggested now” · Alex Clark · iv [Ref. Roddy Doyle]
- 19 · A Burning New Vision for Lord of the Flies · Rachel Cooke · ar [Ref. William Golding]
- October 6, 2024:
- · “I’ve dealt with anti-hillbilly bigotry all my life”: Barbara Kingsolver on JD Vance, the Real Appalachia and Why Demon Copperhead Was Such a Hit · Rachel Cooke · iv [Ref. Barbara Kingsolver]
Colour supplement for The Observer.
- October 29, 1972:
- · Out of This World · Arthur C. Clarke · ar
- June 9, 1974:
- 22 · Will You Emigrate to the Moon? · Isaac Asimov · ex from Our World in Space, New York Graphic Society, 1974; illustrated by Robert McCall
- July 16, 1989:
- 36 · Love in a Cold Climate · J. G. Ballard · ss Interview January 1989
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