The Author Archive Podcast

Terry Pratchett was a great supporter of the move to legalise assisted dying. This was partly due to his early onset Alzheimer's Disease which was diagnosed when he was in his 50s. He described the condition as as an embuggerance. Terry Pratchett died in 2015. This is a conversation from the archive recorded at his hom

Joe Boyd is a man about music, record producer, a film producer and author. He arrived in London in 1964 with Muddy Waters and a host of blues musicians who played to sold out UK audiences when they were unappreciated in their US homeland. In this conversation he talks about Nick Drake, Paul Simon, The Incredible Strin

The effect of the American reverberates around the globe. There seems to be perceived electoral advantage in fanning hate and intolerance. The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine continue. Why is this? Is there any cause for optimism? Where do non rational beliefs and convictions fit in the conflicts? This conversation

This new book is terrific - its a revelation. Catherine has studied texts written around the same time as the writings we know as the gospels.  Some of these ancient documents tell the story of the bible characters we are familiar with in a totally different way. Listen to Catherine talk about her research and you will

Sophie Kinsella has a brain tumour.  She has written a book about it entitled  'What Does It Feel Like?' This archive conversation was recorded at the Langham Hilton in London and I remember that Sophie turned up with lots and lots of shopping. That was to be expected because the conversation was to mark the publicatio

Jilly Cooper is back in the news and she has every reason to be jolly. Her football novel is out and Disney have made a movie of one of her stories. I met Jilly when her novel Pandora was first published. She was jolly then too!!