The Golden Book: Fifty Years of ArvonArvon in its 50th year is the lifeblood of contemporary writing in the UK and beyond, offering community, creative support, and freedom to write. This landmark anniversary publication brings together stories, poems and memories from just a few of the thousands who have come through Arvons doors. The voices gathered here reach back from the present to the earliest days of Arvon, when Ted Hughes would come to perform his poems in the evening after

The Secret Barrister wants to show you what it’s really like and why it really matters

and methods of close reading

no tastes so similar

others a pop star from Eastern Europe

Room is the world

Anyone with the right mindset can complete a Triathlon

a mango-besotted crow

It is nearly impossible to imagine modern American literature without Hammett

and how our goals (often culturally determined) can make a huge difference in our ultimate sense of success

Each person’s approach will be different

waist 33cm

The charge is a lie