I was thrilled to appear on Who Do You Think You Are with the amazing actor and singer Will Young. We talked about his grandfather, Digby and his time as a Prisoner of War in Stalag Luft III in Poland. I’d always wanted to visit the POW camp famous as the setting for The Great…
It was fascinating talking to playwright Fraser Grace about his new book, Firestarter. You can watch the recording here. Fraser is co-director of ICE’s Master’s in Writing for Performance, an award-winning playwright and author of ten plays and co-author of Playwriting – A Writers’ and Artists’ Companion. We chatted about what makes good dialogue and…
It was fascinating to talk about reading and the Prisoner of War experience with Professor Emma Smith for her series, Books for Brighter Blackouts. You can catch up with all the episodes on BBC Sounds. I was surprised to hear of the popularity of No Orchids for Miss Blandish – perhaps POWs enjoyed reading a hard-bitten,…
I had an amazing time chairing Anne Sebba’s talk at Cambridge Literary Festival in which she discussed her astonishing new book, The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival. It was so moving to see images of the women she writes about. You’ll be able to watch the presentation here.