— James Baldwin

Eric Ravilious was killed in action #OTD in 1942 after the aircraft he went up in during a search & rescue mission off Iceland failed to return. From the countryside to war, his depiction of Britain in the 30s & early years of #WW2 are an incredible legacy, one which lives on.

Never seen this before. A heartbreaking, understated rendition of The Long and Winding Road by George Michael. Perfection.

So I wrote an honest and heartfelt column about Ben, and me, and the loneliness of long-term illness newstatesman.com/back-pages/202…

Have been working on this story about Ezra Edelman's brilliant Prince documentary for a long time. It's story about a suffering genius, Edelman's huge effort to piece together who he really was, and the forces that are stopping the world from seeing it. nytimes.com/2024/09/08/mag…

"The creative work of authors forms the very products which publishers aim to profit from. Why is our financial remuneration treated like an after-thought?" An author shares the emotional impact of late royalty payments 👇 thebookseller.com/comment/a-roya…

As the mornings freshen, a classic Backlisted Podcast - Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice, with matchless readings by Samuel West (Samuel West 💙💛) + lit context from Prof Sophie Ratcliffe (Sophie Ratcliffe). And a six year's younger me, Andy Miller and nickybirch. backlisted.fm/episodes/220-a…

“It is what you don’t write that frequently gives what you do write its power.” —Toni Morrison buff.ly/2FCL4lf

Relishing in the final stretch of that summer sunshine. Photos by henrydiltz

ALL YOU NEED When I think about The Beatles, l like to consider an interesting if not provocative statement: 'No masterpiece was ever produced by several people together.' When I think about The Beatles, l like to consider an interesting if not provocative statement: 'No

ANNOUNCEMENTS Tonight, at 10:40pm, a documentary about my accident and recovery will be airing on BBC One. It is called In My Own Words, produced by Turbine Studios. Please tune in if you can. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2… I am also due to speak at the Southbank Centre about my

Congratulations to all the ⁦The Booker Prizes⁩ 2024 shortlistees. Great to see Samantha Harvey & Percival Everett on there. theguardian.com/books/2024/sep…

New episode up now. Join Andy Miller John Mitchinson nickybirch for a preview of Backlisted Season 3. Also: The Haunted Wood by Sam Leith; Enlightenment by Sarah Perry; I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart; The Cooler by George Markstein. open.spotify.com/episode/4ohryg…

Illuminating piece by ⁦Justine Jordan⁩ on how the ⁦The Booker Prizes⁩ 2024 shortlist was decided. theguardian.com/books/2024/sep…

New Backlisted Podcast! Books by Sam Leith, Sarah Perry, Kalani Pickhart and George Markstein, esoteric LP of whaling songs by Paul Clayton. NB. Season 3 of Backlisted - coincidentally, our tenth anniversary year - starts next week. backlisted.fm/episodes/221-s…

What an incredible way to start our autumn at the Soho Poly. Don’t miss!

WILD TWIN is out today! 'To become mist, invisible, to be elsewhere...' You can buy it in all good bookshops and from the mighty Little Toller: littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/lit… Little Toller 🇺🇦🇵🇸 Sarah Hughes Tabitha Pelly Jon Woolcott

STARMAN JONES One of the first, and most important pieces of advice David Bowie ever gave me - and this was in the early 1990s - was to make sure I noted down the names of secretaries and assistants I came into contact with. This would help me later, he explained, when I needed

Hilary Mantel was my mentor. Here are seven things she taught me about writing – and life theguardian.com/books/2024/sep…

I wrote about Entitlement, Rumaan Alam Rumaan Alam's (far superior) follow-up to his 2020 hit Leave the World Behind, in the The Spectator spectator.co.uk/article/the-pi…