Will Self
Will Self: ‘I’m seen as a still-walking dead white man’
The novelist on his new collection of journalism, why he regrets criticising Sally Rooney and how he’s never shaken off the influence of JG Ballard
Anthony Cummins
26, Nov, 2022 @6:00 PM
Centenary recording of Ulysses to be read by Eddie Izzard, Margaret Atwood and others
More than 100 writers, artists, comedians and musicians will voice James Joyce’s seminal novel in celebration of its publication a century ago
Alison Flood
20, Jan, 2022 @9:30 AM
Sour Grapes by Dan Rhodes review – a vengeful satire on the publishing world
The comic novelist takes aim at the industry’s elitism, but his story of a farcical literary festival is dated – and overly focused on Will Self
Adam Roberts
12, Nov, 2021 @9:00 AM
Motherwell: A Girlhood by Deborah Orr review – fitting legacy of a blazing talent
In a poignant and candid memoir, the Scottish writer, who died last year, offers a reminder of her unique gifts
Sarah Hughes
12, Jan, 2020 @9:00 AM
The critical drubbing for Will Self’s book shows there’s a subtle art to memoir | Hadley Freeman
A common flaw is forgetting you’re supposed to be writing for the reader’s pleasure, not yours
Hadley Freeman
16, Nov, 2019 @9:00 AM
Will by Will Self review – an unsparing memoir of addiction
He crashes his car, he overdoses, he sets himself on fire ... In his usual mannered, knowing style, Self recalls his desperate years on heroin
Sam Leith
08, Nov, 2019 @7:30 AM
Will by Will Self review – portrait of the author’s younger Self
A self-lacerating drugs memoir of ‘darkly angelic prose’ recalls Self’s heroin addiction in the 1980s
Alex Preston
03, Nov, 2019 @11:00 AM
Deborah Orr obituary
Editor of the Guardian’s Weekend magazine who went on to become a trenchant, witty and much admired columnist
Maggie Brown
21, Oct, 2019 @12:30 PM
‘The best fun in millimetres’: great books about miniature worlds
From the magic of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to dollhouse-sized dioramas of true crime scenes … Simon Garfield celebrates the small-scale
Simon Garfield
10, Dec, 2018 @6:30 AM
Will Self: ‘I read as many as 50 books at once’
The author on Harry Potter, the book that changed his mind about pornography and his writer regrets
Will Self
17, Aug, 2018 @9:00 AM
John Cleese should stop moaning. Comedy has moved on from the Pythons | Fiona Sturges
Monty Python was once the high benchmark of surrealist humour – but that was 45 years ago, says arts writer Fiona Sturges
Fiona Sturges
01, Aug, 2018 @6:12 PM
Objects of desire: the design delights of my favourite things
An old typewriter, a wooden chair, a worn cuddly toy… The things we surround ourselves with loom large in our lives. Here, eight people reveal why they love the design of their prized possession
Genevieve Fox, Chris Hall, Joanne O'Connor, Kate Finnigan
15, Apr, 2018 @6:00 AM
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