Anyone for a screenplay? Oh come on! Everyone on the planet has thought ‘That would make a good film.’ Something they’ve heard, something they’ve experienced, something they’ve made up, or dreamed. And the thought flashes through the brain: Yep, you... Read More
Very soon—just after Christmas, I would imagine—I’m going to start doing something which is weird. I am going spend hours grilling a complete stranger so they reveal the most intimate facts of their life. At the end of the process... Read More
“We won’t make a drama out of a crisis.” Nine little words. Put them in the right order and what have you got? In this case, eye-watering returns for Commercial Union plc and its shareholders. Goodness knows how much money... Read More
Not all writers have quiet lives. It’s a wonder how some of them found the time to write anything. Byron springs to mind, and Ernest Hemingway also seemed happiest in a war zone. Charles Dickens had more energy than seems... Read More
I’m in the process of signing up a new client. It’s an exciting moment. I am about to get to know a complete stranger really quite intimately. And the complete stranger is also entering a new world, one in which... Read More