There was a time when I took a swaggering, what-the-hell atittude towards a writer’s responsibility to those close to him. Few authors speak up for decorousness or kindness, in fact, preferring to trot out the hoary old cliché, said by Czeslaw Milosz and quoted by Philip Roth, “When a writer is born into a family, the… Continue reading Prim? Moi? A radio debate about the writer as good (or bad) citizen
Read moreI have just had the pleasure of writing a play for the Radio 4 series, Fact to Fiction. My starting point was the BA strike – and how it changed one man’s life… The producer was Duncan Minshull and it is read by Paul Ritter. Here it is. [Or, rather, here it was. It is now… Continue reading Adultery and the BA strike – ‘Grounded’ on Radio 4
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