Simon Ings is the author of six previous novels including Dead Water and The Weight of Numbers, and two non-fiction titles including The Eye: A Natural History. His latest novel is Wolves. Simon is an editor at New Scientist and is the editor of ARC magazine. Also this week, journalist Jude Rogers on two favourite children’s stories, Marianne Dreams and Charlotte Sometimes.
February 15, 2014
A special edition of Little Atoms for Resonance FM’s fundraising week. Recorded live at The Slaughtered Lamb on 10th February 2014. Is Music Journalism in a Critical Condition? The UK music scene once supported four weekly music papers, which wielded the power to form the musical agenda in a way that’s unimaginable today. Of these, only the NME […]
February 8, 2014
Philip Hoare is the author of seven works of non-fiction, including an acclaimed biography of Noel Coward, and Leviathan or, The Whale, which won the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. An experienced broadcaster, Hoare wrote and presented the BBC Arena film The Hunt for Moby-Dick, and directed three films for BBC’s Whale Night. He is Visiting […]
February 1, 2014
Matthew Kneale studied Modern History at Oxford University. He is the author of several novels, including English Passengers which won the Whitbread Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His latest book is An Atheist’s History of Belief: Understanding Our Most Extraordinary Invention. Also this week, columnist Suzanne Moore on A Book of Dreams by Peter Reich.
February 22, 2014
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