Elen Lewis reviews John Simmons’ latest novel The Good Messenger and discovers a poignant tale from a different time. John... Read More
Dark Angels at Hawkwood, Gloucestershire. Midsummer 2018. Like any good concert or festival you had to be there. It was... Read More
The doctors will see you now. Well, writers, actually. This month saw our first ever intensive book pitch clinic, led... Read More
The latest instalment of Wordstock Deconstructed, in association with the English department of King’s College London, promised a journey through... Read More
If you didn’t make it to January’s 26 Trade Secrets workshop, all is not lost. Fiona Thompson was there to... Read More
We kicked off last month with an inspiring evening in collaboration with The Other Box and Wonderbly. For those who... Read More
Where are you from? Can you draw it? It’s always there in the recesses of our minds, our childhood home... Read More
In our Wordstock Deconstructed event in September, an audience gathered at the October Gallery to hear from screenwriter Rob Williams.... Read More
On the train from Doncaster to London I felt quite nervous about taking part in Wordography. It was my first... Read More
On the 15th June, 26er Brian Jenner kicked off Wordstock Deconstructed with an incredibly useful discussion about money. In a... Read More
On a freezing Monday evening in January, six writers (including Laura Silcock via Skype from Leeds) gathered at Free Word... Read More
A text book that reads Like a novel I’m still working my way through – it’s a big book, a... Read More
Our very own Fiona Thompson visited The Story, an exploration of storytelling at Conway Hall, Holborn last week. Here are... Read More
Swashbuckle and sally forth! For the latest in our series ‘The Story Works’ with the D&AD, Martin Lee writes that... Read More
At the beginning of the month, Tessa Ross spoke at a sold-out 26 event. Laura Hunter listened in to the... Read More
26 members get through a lot of books. What have been our favourites this year? Whether you need a last-minute... Read More
Britain’s childhood across the decades Walking around the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, I feel as if I’m... Read More
The ‘litterati’ were out in force at the launch of the Throwaway Lines exhibition at The Free Word Centre in... Read More
It was Saturday 13 October. What a wordy day we had, what a wonderful day we had. Here are some... Read More
It’s a glorious spell of early summer. I’m in Oxfordshire, somewhere near the ancient holy place of Abingdon. A giant... Read More
Throwaway Wordstock A word in your bin by 26 board member, author and crypto-gleaner, Elise Valmorbida Look down! That’s what... Read More
I’m not from these parts. I grew up and have lived mostly across the water. But if there’s one thing... Read More
By Rob Self-Pierson We all tell stories. It’s how we engage with each other. Come home from work and tell... Read More
A few weeks ago, Lemon Quay in Truro was home to a shipping container filled with words and stories celebrating... Read More
I never thought I would live to see grown men queuing excitedly to have their photo taken with a couple... Read More
Pads, Pens and Yellow Pencils was a joint event organised by D&AD and 26 to provoke discussion about the Writing... Read More
Howard Jacobson turned up to the 26 Annual Speech. It’s fair to say that some other people might had found... Read More
Writing your own luck Have idea. Write book. Submit to agent. Receive rejection. Try again. And again. Eventually secure agent.... Read More
“Is that the chocolate?” friends asked in casual conversation before I left London for Linz. “No, it was Hitler’s adoptive... Read More
For those of you who missed the second 26 Annual Lecture with Oona King last month, here’s your chance to... Read More
Beautiful. Powerful. Moving. Emotional. Inspiring. It’s just words. I find it amazing how different minds process the same thing. The... Read More
It’s a shame in a way that the Whitechapel Gallery ended up being too small for Harry Pearce’s 26 talk... Read More
A 21st Century Printing Press What would’ve happened ten years ago if you’d told a keen writer they could get... Read More
In the early part of 26 ways of looking at a blackberry, John Simmons tells the story of the genesis... Read More
On a fine April evening, 100 of the great and good of writing and design gathered in the mysterious Swedenborg... Read More
About six months after it we started talking about it, and six weeks after we started writing wishes for it,... Read More
Update: You can see Philip’s 26 lecture at http://vimeo.com/2331278 Well, where to begin? First, with a few thank-yous. To Phil... Read More
Which comes first – writing or design? A conclusive answer came at a memorable evening hosted by the London Design... Read More
Oh the terror of appearing on stage! So thought ten Dark Angels when script writer, director, producer and star of... Read More
On 24 November, Faber & Faber kindly played host to a 26 event for a second time. It was nearly... Read More
What should we get paid for our writing? Can we put a price on our words? Apart from pornography, what’s... Read More
How can pictures tell a story without words? How can words grab attention without pictures? This age-old debate was given... Read More
On Saturday 26 May, 26-ers George Craigie and Jamie Jauncey helped entertain passers-by in Aberdeen with an illustrated talk on... Read More
Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques... Read More
With a year-long jaunt coming to a close, and nearly all points of the Isle covered, what better place for... Read More
Our intrepid reporter Rishi Dastidar does his best to remember what happened at the 26 Christmas Party 2006. Take one... Read More
Arriving early at Colchester’s Arts Centre, we immediately suspected someone had pulled a fast one. The cabbie dropped us at... Read More