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.
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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?
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.’’
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Lino
Colin Grant
‘It was a big news day. We were going to look for a piece of lino for the back room.’
Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir | Issue 134
Essays & Memoir | Issue 134
I&I: The Natural Mystics
Colin Grant
In this exclusive extract from the opening of Colin Grant’s I&I: The Natural Mystics, a group...