by John Syfret

Miguel Syjuco cuts a trim and dapper figure when I meet him, dressed in light chinos and collared shirt, he is at ease in the sweltering heat of a glass-topped room in King’s …

by Katy Darby

Do you like short stories? Do you remember vinyl? If the answer to both these questions is yes, then you, sir or madam, are the target audience for the quirky, cool and …

What a lovely idea from some lovely people. Every day visitors to their site send them facts, and they pick one to turn into an illustration. Manchester based design agency Young have signed a deal …

By NFTU Arts Features Editor Michael Amherst

1. There seems to be some disagreement within the frontbench team on which department’s budgets are ring-fenced; Vince Cable has said no departmental budget is ring-fenced whilst David …

by Tristan Summerscale

Paul Murray’s latest novel, Skippy Dies, could not have come out at a more relevant time in terms of some of the dark subject matter that it discusses. Set …

By Adam Smith
The Great Perhaps is Joe Meno’s fifth novel, but his first to be published in the UK. NFTU caught up with Meno, who teaches as well as practices creative writing, to discuss …

By Jacques Testard
Lorin Stein is a senior editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux in New York City. He has edited, amongst other works, The Savage Detectives and 2666 (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in …

by Hannah Gilkes
Maureen Duffy (b. 1933 in Worthing, Sussex) is a notable contemporary British poet, playwright and novelist. She has also published a literary biography of Aphra Behn, and The Erotic World of Faery a …

by Miguel Cullen
The August afternoon hangs dappled over the low Hammersmith terraces, and Piers Paul Read is speaking into a microphone. He is reflective, going over his whole life, from school up to his latest …

by Cathy Thomas

‘For a little indie film, we’ve done extremely well.’ Modest words from director Duncan Jones, whose debut film Moon has scooped high critical acclaim across this summer’s festivals.
Moon, starring Sam Rockwell as …

by Chris Vernon
The lead character in your book Legend of a Suicide, Jim Fenn, is somewhat based on your own father James, or at least takes a lot from him. Was it your intention to …

by Chris Vernon
Fred Fellowes is a man with a plan. After six years, his Secret Garden Party is one of the most talked about festivals on the summer calendar, but unlike most rival events, it …

by Cathy Thomas
Neil Brand has been composing music for silent films for nearly twenty years, and can often be found performing at the National Film Theatre on London’s Southbank. Cathy Thomas speaks to him about …

by Jemimah Steinfeld
Mimi Poskitt is one half of the brains behind documentary-theatre company Look Left Look Right Productions. Alongside other artistic director Ben Freedman, the company have been exploring a distinct mix of national tragedies …

by Lee baker
Good literature is honest: it does not try to hoodwink or manipulate readers, and attempts to say something that relates to how life is, rather than obscuring it with words. When you meet …

by Tristan Summerscale
Matthew Quick is a writer from the United States, based in the Philadelphia area. His remarkable debut novel The Silver Linings Playbook was published in the UK on the 2nd January 2009. The …

by Octavia Morris
In 1968, a 13-year old Alex Cox bunked off school one afternoon for his first trip to The Futurist, Liverpool’s once legendary, now derelict, original surround sound cinema. At a time when cinemas …

by Lizzie Acker
Howard Marks, is an former international hashish smuggler, author and Oxford graduate. Mr Nice, his autobiography describing his years in the drugs trade, his subsequent pursuit by United States’ DEA and his eventual …

by Sunita Soliar
Notes from the Underground: Sam Marsdyke is a brilliant and complex character but obviously very disturbed. Where did you get your inspiration?
Ross Raisin: Marsdyke was an idea in the first instance, and one …

by Molly Guinness

Richard Barnett, together with editor Mike Jay and the Wellcome Trust, has produced a beautiful package. Along with Barnett’s collection of essays are six portable pamphlets each detailing a walking tour through medical …