Monthly Archives: March 2015

Flying in the face of fashion – the Wayne Hemingway interview

Posted on March 27, 2015 by writewyattuk

This September, Vintage by the Sea returns to the Lancashire coast, aiming to build on last year’s successful event in Morecambe, one that attracted 40,000 visitors. The two-day festival will see the resort seafront and its landmark venues transformed, the … Continue reading →

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Albania to Southport, via Brighton – with Attila the Stockbroker

Posted on March 20, 2015 by writewyattuk

It’s been some journey for Attila the Stockbroker, who publishes his autobiography Arguments Yard later this year, with little to suggest he’s slowing down. This is the radical performance poet and musician who toured East Germany four times before the … Continue reading →

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Picture the poet, greet the griot – the Benjamin Zephaniah interview

Posted on March 19, 2015 by writewyattuk

When I spoke to Benjamin Zephaniah earlier this week, he was between a BBC radio interview and two days lecturing at West London’s Brunel University. The Lincolnshire-based dub poet, author and activist was then heading back for another radio broadcast … Continue reading →

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March on with The Stranglers – the Baz Warne interview

Posted on March 13, 2015 by writewyattuk

It’s not often a front-man is still regularly held up to scrutiny after 15 years with a band, but that’s how it often goes with Baz Warne. To put it mildly, The Stranglers’ founder member Hugh Cornwell was a hard … Continue reading →

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Feeding fiction to the 5,000 – my World Book Day 2015 encounter

Posted on March 9, 2015 by writewyattuk

As I turned down Lowthorpe Road on my approach to Preston North End FC, a ‘cattlepiddler’ of high-vis jackets from a nearby school heading the same way suggested I was definitely in the right place. Close by, coaches belched out … Continue reading →

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Cathy’s Adventures in Wonderland – the Cathy Cassidy interview

Posted on March 7, 2015 by writewyattuk

In my second feature centred around World Book Day 2015, I talked about Alice, libraries, music, the power of dreams and much more with best-selling children’s writer Cathy Cassidy, in an interview a few days before her WBD appearances at Preston … Continue reading →

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Finally catching up with Frank Cottrell Boyce

Posted on March 6, 2015 by writewyattuk

I won’t hold back. Lots of people who know about my love for children’s lit will have heard me talk in glowing terms about the work of Frank Cottrell Boyce, the respected film scriptwriter who turned to fiction with such … Continue reading →

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One-time Goodie remains a rebel without a clue – the Graeme Garden interview

Posted on March 6, 2015 by writewyattuk

If Graeme Garden had taken up his expected vocation and become a doctor, the 72-year-old might well have had his feet up by now. The Aberdeen-born Prestonian pondered this down the telephone line from his home in Oxfordshire, in a … Continue reading →

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