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‘The ground is unstable but there are pleasures all around’ – goodbye to the joy of small things
For three years, this column has been looking for sources of quotidian joy in the darkness. As it comes to an end, what tiny delights would other writers nominate?

Hannah Jane Parkinson, Philip Pullman, Yomi Adegoke, Tracey Thorn Phil Wang

17, Sep, 2021 @7:00 AM

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Books to give us hope: Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson, Rose McGowan and more share their picks
This week at Hay festival, writers, artists and thinkers have been discussing the world we live in today. How do we stay positive and fight for change? Here they reveal the books that give them hope

Chelsea Clinton, Tishani Doshi, Rose McGowan, Michael Morpurgo, Laura Mvula, Philip Pullman, Kamila Shamsie, Rose Tremain, Jacqueline Wilson and more

02, Jun, 2018 @7:00 AM

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Philip Pullman: how drawing helped me to see the world differently
Taking part in this year’s Big Draw festival reminded the author how drawing offers tremendous insight and pleasure

Philip Pullman

02, Oct, 2015 @7:30 AM

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Market fanatics will kill what makes our libraries precious | Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman: Those who count only profit do not grasp the value of a service whose gift is humane, generous, and life-enhancing for all

Philip Pullman

28, Jan, 2011 @8:00 PM

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Twelve Tales for Christmas

Philip Pullman introduces a special series of podcasts running each day until Christmas in which a collection of our greatest writers read and discuss their favourite short stories

Philip Pullman

10, Dec, 2010 @2:53 PM

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Philip Pullman's photograph of the decade

Philip Pullman: It is a privilege to be alive at a time when Daniel Barenboim and his orchestra are doing the impossible

Philip Pullman

13, Nov, 2010 @12:05 AM

Philip Pullman calls time on the present tense

If every sound you emit is a scream, a scream has no expressive value. What I dislike about the present-tense narrative is its limited range of expressiveness

Philip Pullman

17, Sep, 2010 @11:06 PM

Philip Pullman: In his address to the Convention on Modern Liberty, Philip Pullman discusses the virtues of our nation

Philip Pullman: The Convention on Modern Liberty: In his address to the Convention on Modern Liberty, Philip Pullman discusses the virtues of our nation

Philip Pullman

28, Feb, 2009 @6:29 PM

Philip Pullman: If Mozart can write three symphonies in 42 days, why are the police so slow?

Philip Pullman: People can do complex, extraordinary, profoundly difficult things in 42 days or less. Six weeks is a long time

Philip Pullman

13, Oct, 2008 @11:01 PM

Philip Pullman unveils his own new weekly comic serial, The Adventures Of John Blake
Philip Pullman spent his childhood in thrall to the weekly delivery of the Eagle, Wizard and Beano. Now catch an exclusive extract of his new weekly comic serial, The Adventures Of John Blake

Philip Pullman

24, May, 2008 @10:13 AM

Exclusive extract from Philip Pullman's Once Upon a Time in the North

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Once Upon a Time in the North, Philip Pullman takes readers back to the very beginning of His Dark Materials

Philip Pullman

22, Mar, 2008 @9:01 AM

Philip Pullman: Is Castle Mill Boatyard destined to be turned into identikit houses?

Philip Pullman: The Castle Mill Boatyard and all its useful work will be wiped out and "developed" into a cluster of identikit houses and flats by British Waterways and their developers. This plan isn't only ugly: it's daft.

Philip Pullman

29, May, 2006 @11:03 PM

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