On the telephone to Chrissie Hynde

It’s not everyday you get to chat to the likes of Chrissie Hynde. So, when I was presented with the opportunity to talk to her while working at The Guardian Guide, I more than jumped at the chance – I leaped (but only metaphorically of course. One must maintain their professional dignity).
I got to ask [...]

Julian Mitchell and the ’saga syndrome’

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His varied career as a stage and screen writer has seen him launch Colin Firth’s career and even write a teleplay with The Kinks’s Ray Davies. Now, Julian Mitchell is returning to novel writing, as Jenny Williams found out

Julian Mitchell wasn’t always a playwright. In fact, he started as a poet and almost became a [...]

Growing confidence: meeting Julia Gregson

Even the best of us can have a confidence crisis at times, as Jenny Williams found out when she met author Julia Gregson
There aren’t many of us who can claim to have progressed through life without suffering a lack of confidence in something at some stage. But you don’t expect an international bestselling novelist and [...]

Will good journalism be the first casualty of the digital revolution in the media?

Digital technology has forced the media industry to change. With the rise of the web, the role of journalist as editorial gatekeeper has disappeared. As Professor Ian Hargreaves, Director of Communications for the Foreign Office, commented in his book, Journalism: Truth or Dare?, “Journalists worry about the effects of new media technologies….something that may even [...]