in conversation with Alastair Creamer Ian Hislop and Nick Newman have been writing together for 30 years, including work for Spike Milligan, Spitting Image, films and plays. In 2013, they wrote the critically acclaimed The Wipers Times…
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The doctors will see you now. Well, writers, actually. This month saw our first ever intensive book pitch clinic, led by Elise Valmorbida and Fiona Thompson. It was a dark and stormy night… Well, it must have…
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The latest instalment of Wordstock Deconstructed, in association with the English department of King’s College London, promised a journey through the past, present, and future of advertising, with Richard Burdett in the driving seat. Buckle up. By…
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Richard Burdett has seen the advertising landscape change over the years. He spent 11 years at Saatchi & Saatchi, was the Head of Marketing at UKTV, Head of 4Creative and is now MD of Horse & Country.…
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We kicked off last month with an inspiring evening in collaboration with The Other Box and Wonderbly. For those who missed it – Matthew Aldridge reports. ‘In a lot of design agencies I worked for, the diversity…
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No matter how brilliant a writer you are, getting published the conventional way is a notoriously difficult thing to do. Tolkein, Steinbeck, and Faulkner were all politely rejected at first. J.K Rowling too. There’s no need to…
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The following is a mostly accurate account of some of the things I did while waiting to hear back from the publisher to whom I’d sent off the manuscript of my first poetry collection. If you have…
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So, where are you from? It’s a simple conversation starter. A one-word answer is usually enough. Which is a bit of a shame, because this question can reveal so much. With the 26 Memory Maps project we…
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On 1 November, 26 is teaming up with The Other Box and Wonderbly to put on an evening of inspiring talks delivered by people from minority backgrounds. We caught up with Roshni Goyate, co-founder of The Other…
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In our Wordstock Deconstructed event in September, an audience gathered at the October Gallery to hear from screenwriter Rob Williams. The evening was full of insights into the world of screenwriting, creative struggles and how to tell…
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