Invitation 1: Summer Diaries We often share our members’ news and recommendations at 26 – in fact we share both...
Left: Rishi Dastidar’s Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak.Right: Gita Ralleigh’s empirical. Back in March, 26er Gita Ralleigh got in touch with...
Jill Hopper’s 27th Bridge Poem, on the back of a postcard designed by Joni Brown. Project Writer AwardBy Galen O’Hanlen...
In the tradition of Japan’s 72 gardening seasons, I’m posting a regular short piece every 5 days (the length of...
To distract from the no-leaves, no-sun, no-daylight problems of January, I’ve spent this month delving into Ancient Greek colour theory....
26’s big project to launch us into 2026 with a bang is on the brink of going public. Some 70...
News In answer to the question ‘What have I been up to?’… This. With, predictably, no flicker of interest shown...
Painting Paris Copies of my fourth novel ‘Painting Paris’ arrived and it looks good. So now I’m planning for the...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes (@andyinfinity on Instagram). “Why Words Matter” is a new podcast series from 26, exploring the power of...
Elena Bowes caught up with Lynda Cohen Loigman about her latest novel, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern. Below are...
Julian Gorham is a copywriter and poet. Nelly Dimitranova is an artist and joint winner of the Hugh Casson Drawing...
Three of Andrzej Krauze’s illustrations for John Simmons’ Berliners. Tom Lynham, 26 co-founder and “corporate psychotherapist,” takes a look at John...
Ever feel unsure about the ins and outs of IP? Don’t miss our next 26 training session on 10 May...
This month, Elena Bowes caught up with New York Times best-selling author Lisa Taddeo, whose recent nonfiction book Three Women...
Following the news that the Dark Angels collective’s latest book has hit it’s funding target, I caught up with contributor...
In a post-truth, fake news world, what role can data play in shaping stories? Sam Knowles, explores how data-driven storytelling...
Many people dread the long, dark days of winter. The lack of light can feel never-ending but if, in the...
A new anthology of Dark Angels poetry is now an eagerly anticipated event. The latest, Family Matters, is the third...
Writing gains power from place. Last month, John Simmons published a new volume of poetry inspired by the Spanish city...
Another gap; of Imbolc and pink skies and fiery horses. February has been muddy. Each day the minutes before sunset...
We’ve now completed two seasons of Why Words Matter. We’ve been able to bring those 12 episodes to you first...
26 recently discovered that sometimes there are just not enough bridges in the world to go round. That was certainly...
Members’ News I’m one of the speakers at this year’s Poetry in Business online conference. I’m on a panel with...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes @andyinfinity on Instagram “Why Words Matter” is a new podcast series from 26, exploring the power...
“Journalism gives writers a backbone.” Timothée Chalamet in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch. ‘Oh, so you can do PR, write...
Monoprint by Andy Hayes (@andyinfinity on Instagram). You might have seen – or more to the point, heard – that...
This month I met with one of 26’s newest members (and a writer for our AI project), Julian Gorham –...
Can poetry create a shared space that is human and universal? To answer this question, thirteen poets from 26 paired...
We’re delighted to invite 26 members to a special Zoom event on Wednesday 5 April at 7pm (UK time) in...
Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks believes that her previous career as a war correspondent for the Wall...
In our latest author spotlight, Elena Bowes caught up with Randi Epstein MD to discuss her recent book release, Aroused:...
Adam Baron’s latest book Boy Underwater, published by HarperCollins, hit bookshelves in June. Elena Bowes talked to Baron about this...
Wordstock has been a part of 26’s calendar for more than a decade, and for the last three years it...
Rebecca Zeman, who some 26ers may know as Rebecca Dowman, talks to Jill Hopper about the publication of her first...
A couple of months ago, our year-long Memento Mori project drew to a close. Memento Mori – remember that you...
You’re probably sitting in your home or office thinking, how many more months of this wet and cold climate must...
Happy New Year from Team 26. Sometimes we’re called ‘the board’ but I think ‘team’ suits us better. If you...
Why does it matter to be muddy, soaked in something moving, physical, dirt filled? Ceramics mark an interaction with a...
“Spanning the Tide” (Teddington Lock Footbridge), Daniel Headey writer , Steve McCallum creative partner I’ve been raised on the logic...
26 founding member and author of the Live Canon-shortlisted pamphlet Berliners, John Simmons, invites 26ers and Dark Angels to join...
The latest edition of Forest & Bird’s quarterly magazine. Learn more about the magazine and become a member. ‘The story...
This month I met with Harry Ashton-Key, my friend from university, and we talked about science, wonder, burnout, and somewhat...
This month Chloe Green and I spoke with Anushka Shah, the winner of 26’s Emerging Writer Award 2024. We met...
Earlier this month, we gathered together on Zoom with our friends at Dark Angels for an evening of poetry, inspiration...
Can we stay true to our ethics during a pandemic? Rebecca Dowman explores this conundrum and how she’s faced up...
Elena Bowes catches up with English author and biographer Claire Tomalin about her best-selling memoir A Life of My Own. Still...
Tired of grasping a decade’s point, until she’s squandered it, Druckerman writes, “This time, I’m determined to figure out a...
This month we caught up with 26er Sabine Harnau before she makes an exciting move to the lowlands. We chatted...