Colin Grant

Colin Grant is a BBC radio producer and an independent historian. His books include Bageye at the Wheel which was shortlisted for the PEN/Ackerley Prize. He has written for the Guardian, Independent, GQ and Granta. His latest book, A Smell of Burning, is a cultural history of epilepsy which will be published next year.

Colin Grant on Granta.com

FictionFiction | The Online Edition

Fiction | The Online Edition

Sharons Muckle Nice Test Post

Caroline Crampton

The following is an excerpt from Sharons Muckle Nice Test Post: God help us, we’re in the hands of engineers. Hey, you know how I’m, like, always trying to save the planet? Here’s my chance. I gave it a cold? I gave it a virus. A computer virus. You’re a very talented young man, with your own clever thoughts and ideas. Do you need a manager?

FictionFiction | Issue 134

Fiction | Issue 134

The Way of the Apple Worm

Herta Müller

‘The mother of the needle is the place that bleeds.’

Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir | Issue 134

Essays & Memoir | Issue 134

Barnby Dun

Colin Grant

‘Restored nature would be a phantom of its former self. The experience would be akin to visiting a wildlife park.’

Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir | Issue 134

Essays & Memoir | Issue 134

Graft vs. Host

Colin Grant

‘I started to write plays and put them on in pub theatres. One day the dean heard about them and summoned me to his office for a few prophetic words of caution: ‘In my experience, students who write plays do not go on to become doctors.’’