Francis Barraud and his most famous painting They called him Nipper because he nipped at the heels of all who entered. The little nibble...

I go to see Hoggy every time I visit Tartu and he always brings me enormous joy. He’s a sculpture of a hedgehog made of scrap metal who...

I've written a zine! Last November, I spent a month at Stationen i Svenshögen in rural Sweden on a writing residency . I had a wonderful...

Does our world allow space for Utopias anymore? Does the word ‘utopia’ come tinged with a feeling of suspicion; what is this, some kind...

I was delighted to be asked to give an introduction to the remarkable new film The Stimming Pool at HOME last week. This is what I had...

A plane, a bus, and a car took me to the train station, but no train. For the whole month I would be holed up in Stationen i Svenshögen ...

We're currently in the process of moving house. We've sold our place, we've bought a new place, and we're now in that strange hinterland...

It is incredibly exciting to be able to announce that I'll be taking up one of the AIR Litteratur residencies in Västra Götaland in...

Thursday 10th October, People's History Museum In a couple of weeks I'll be taking my tales of utopian European creative collaboration to...

Marketing Your Collection in the Digital Age A date for the diaries for all you short story writers: 25th September, 6:15pm. I'll be on a...