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 | 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.’’