There is a particular kind of courage required to write about family. Not because it is difficult to find the...
Painting Paris Copies of my fourth novel ‘Painting Paris’ arrived and it looks good. So now I’m planning for the...
Can poetry create a shared space that is human and universal? To answer this question, thirteen poets from 26 paired...
Many of us have been spending a lot of time on Zoom in the last few months. But not quite...
Elen Lewis reviews John Simmons’ latest novel The Good Messenger and discovers a poignant tale from a different time. John...
The latest instalment of Wordstock Deconstructed, in association with the English department of King’s College London, promised a journey through...
Where are you from? Can you draw it? It’s always there in the recesses of our minds, our childhood home...
On the 15th June, 26er Brian Jenner kicked off Wordstock Deconstructed with an incredibly useful discussion about money. In a...
At the beginning of the month, Tessa Ross spoke at a sold-out 26 event. Laura Hunter listened in to the...
The ‘litterati’ were out in force at the launch of the Throwaway Lines exhibition at The Free Word Centre in...
Throwaway Wordstock A word in your bin by 26 board member, author and crypto-gleaner, Elise Valmorbida Look down! That’s what...
A few weeks ago, Lemon Quay in Truro was home to a shipping container filled with words and stories celebrating...
Howard Jacobson turned up to the 26 Annual Speech. It’s fair to say that some other people might had found...
For those of you who missed the second 26 Annual Lecture with Oona King last month, here’s your chance to...
A 21st Century Printing Press What would’ve happened ten years ago if you’d told a keen writer they could get...
About six months after it we started talking about it, and six weeks after we started writing wishes for it,...
Happy New Year from Team 26. Sometimes we’re called ‘the board’ but I think ‘team’ suits us better. If you...
The Park of the Hospital at St Rémy, 1889 by Vincent van Gogh. Photograph: Museum Folkwang Essen Impossible skies, trees that...
Fans of the beautiful, restrained writing of Clare Keegan will be eagerly anticipating the release of the screen adaptation of...
Becca Magnus shares her experience of February’s Trade Secrets workshop – this time with a focus on typography. For our...
Dark Angels at Hawkwood, Gloucestershire. Midsummer 2018. Like any good concert or festival you had to be there. It was...
If you didn’t make it to January’s 26 Trade Secrets workshop, all is not lost. Fiona Thompson was there to...
In our Wordstock Deconstructed event in September, an audience gathered at the October Gallery to hear from screenwriter Rob Williams....
Our very own Fiona Thompson visited The Story, an exploration of storytelling at Conway Hall, Holborn last week. Here are...
26 members get through a lot of books. What have been our favourites this year? Whether you need a last-minute...
It was Saturday 13 October. What a wordy day we had, what a wonderful day we had. Here are some...
I’m not from these parts. I grew up and have lived mostly across the water. But if there’s one thing...
I never thought I would live to see grown men queuing excitedly to have their photo taken with a couple...
Writing your own luck Have idea. Write book. Submit to agent. Receive rejection. Try again. And again. Eventually secure agent....
Beautiful. Powerful. Moving. Emotional. Inspiring. It’s just words. I find it amazing how different minds process the same thing. The...
In the early part of 26 ways of looking at a blackberry, John Simmons tells the story of the genesis...
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...
Members’ News I’m one of the speakers at this year’s Poetry in Business online conference. I’m on a panel with...
Three of Andrzej Krauze’s illustrations for John Simmons’ Berliners. Tom Lynham, 26 co-founder and “corporate psychotherapist,” takes a look at John...
While 26 won’t be attending the Oscars this year (perhaps our invite was lost in the post?) Max Parfitt shares...
What happens when you gather together a design heavyweight and a group of 26ers? In case you missed our event...
The doctors will see you now. Well, writers, actually. This month saw our first ever intensive book pitch clinic, led...
We kicked off last month with an inspiring evening in collaboration with The Other Box and Wonderbly. For those who...
On the train from Doncaster to London I felt quite nervous about taking part in Wordography. It was my first...
Swashbuckle and sally forth! For the latest in our series ‘The Story Works’ with the D&AD, Martin Lee writes that...
Britain’s childhood across the decades Walking around the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, I feel as if I’m...
It’s a glorious spell of early summer. I’m in Oxfordshire, somewhere near the ancient holy place of Abingdon. A giant...
By Rob Self-Pierson We all tell stories. It’s how we engage with each other. Come home from work and tell...
Pads, Pens and Yellow Pencils was a joint event organised by D&AD and 26 to provoke discussion about the Writing...
“Is that the chocolate?” friends asked in casual conversation before I left London for Linz. “No, it was Hitler’s adoptive...
It’s a shame in a way that the Whitechapel Gallery ended up being too small for Harry Pearce’s 26 talk...
On a fine April evening, 100 of the great and good of writing and design gathered in the mysterious Swedenborg...
Which comes first – writing or design? A conclusive answer came at a memorable evening hosted by the London Design...