Author Archives: Henry Rothwell

  • Grave Goods – Becky Wragg Sykes

    Welcome to Grave Goods, an occasional series of interviews in which we ask a person of interest to select five items to accompany them to the afterlife. For this outing, we have the magnificent Becky Wragg Sykes. Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes is an archaeologist, author and Honorary Fellow in the School of Archaeology, Classics and …

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  • Grave Goods – Nicola Chester

    Welcome to Grave Goods, an occasional series of interviews in which we ask a person of interest to select five items to accompany them to the afterlife. For this outing, we have the rather splendid Nicola Chester. Nicola Chester is a nature writer who lives as a tenant in a former dairyman’s cottage below the …

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  • Grave Goods – Isy Suttie

    Welcome to Grave Goods, an occasional series of interviews in which we ask a person of interest to select five items to accompany them to the afterlife. For this outing, we have the rather good Isy Suttie. Isy is a comedian and writer, has appeared in Channel Four’s ‘Peep Show’ and ‘Man Down’, and written …

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  • Grave Goods – Jeff Young

    For this Grave Goods outing, we have Jeff Young; screenwriter, memoirist, and author of the highly readable and Costa Award nominated ‘Ghost Town’, an addictive, lucid and intriguing account of his formative years in the city of Liverpool. Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffyoungwriter As always, the guest is offered a selection of objects drawn from five categories – …

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  • Grave Goods – Edward Carey

    Today’s Grave Goods guest is the author, illustrator and playwright, Edward Carey. Edward’s novels include Little (published in 20 countries), Observatory Mansions, Alva and Irva: the Twins Who Saved a City, and of Heap House, Foulsham, and Lungdon (the YA Iremonger Trilogy). His most recent novel, The Swallowed Man, is the story of Geppetto’s two …

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  • A Short Night Walk Amongst the Living and the Dead.

    An after-dark wander in the company of lost deserts, nocturnal hunters and spectral ammonites. Henry Rothwell One cold December night not so long ago, I was woken by an unearthly sound. It was a sound quite unlike any I had heard before, and as it faded while I was trying to place it, I began …

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  • Grave Goods – Alan Lee

    Alan Lee was born in Middlesex in 1947, and an early interest in folklore and myths has turned into a lifelong pursuit in his career as a book illustrator and designer for films, most notably for of the works of JRR Tolkien. In 2004 he received an Academy Award for art direction on Peter Jackson’s …

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  • Grave Goods – M. John Harrison

    Grave Goods is a series of interviews in which the participant is invited to choose an item to accompany them to the afterlife from the following categories: Tools of the Trade – a tool/implement without which you’d be lost, whether it’s a pen, trowel, notepad, bottle-opener or scanning electron microscope. Food for the Journey – a …

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  • Grave Goods – Lara Maiklem

    Grave Goods is a series of interviews in which the participant is invited to choose an item to accompany them to the afterlife from the following categories: Tools of the Trade – a tool/implement without which you’d be lost, whether it’s a pen, trowel, notepad, bottle-opener or scanning electron microscope. Food for the Journey – a …

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  • Bob Fischer

    Grave Goods – Bob Fischer.

    Bob Fischer is a writer and radio broadcaster, and occasional stage-botherer. His science fiction travelogue ‘Wiffle Lever To Full!’ was reiussed by Hodder and Stoughton in 2018, and he writes regularly for the Fortean Times and Electronic Sound magazine; and for his ‘Haunted Generation’ blog at www.hauntedgeneration.co.uk. He has recently toured with two live shows: ‘Summer …

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  • Gilbert White’s Swallows, by Tim Dee.

    Where are we at home? What is it to feel at home? In these days and weeks, now stretching to months, when we have been sent home and told to stay there, I have been thinking about what home might signify to the birds I have been watching from my back garden and front porch in …

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  • Grave Goods – Stewart Lee.

    Today’s Grave Goods were chosen by Stewart Lee. Stewart is a writer and comedian whose Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle series won him a BAFTA. His White Face, Dark Heart, was a documentary about the Pueblo clowns of New Mexico for Radio 4, and he has published a number of books including the autobiographical How I …

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  • Grave Goods – Samantha Harvey

    Samantha Harvey is the author of four novels, The Wilderness, All Is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind, and of a memoir, The Shapeless Unease: A Year of not Sleeping. Her novels have been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Guardian First Book Award, the Walter Scott Prize and the James Tait Black Prize, and longlisted for the Man …

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  • Jim Jupp.

    Grave Goods – Jim Jupp.

    Jim Jupp is the co-founder of the UK independent record label, Ghost Box. He also records for the label under the name of Belbury Poly. For over ten years Ghost Box has pursued a unique vision and gathered a strong cult following. Each release’s packaging shares a similar design sensibility and both music and design …

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  • Grave Goods – Benjamin Myers

    Welcome to Grave Goods, a series of interviews in which the subject is invited to reflect on their belongings and select five items to accompany them on the Awfully Big Adventure. A complimentary pot of hazelnuts is included. For today’s outing, we’re joined by the irrepressible Ben Myers. Ben writes fiction and non-fiction on subjects …

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  • Grave Goods – Michael Spicer

    Welcome to Grave Goods, a series of occasional interviews with writers, historians, musicians, comedians and generally interesting sorts, in which they are invited to select the items they would like to accompany them on the Awfully Big Adventure. This time we’ve asked Michael Spicer to take some time from his busy schedule to be our next …

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  • Grave Goods – Tim Dee.

    The Crossing It looks bad from where I am. I’m on some sort of river-side and waiting for a ferry. There are no birds, which is strange. The river must be wide; I can’t see the far bank. But the atmosphere suggests that a boat is due. Others are waiting too; there are quite a …

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  • Scarfolk

    Grave Goods – Richard Littler.

    Welcome to Grave Goods, a series of interviews in which the interviewee selects five items they’d like to accompany them to the afterlife. This time, it’s the turn of Richard Littler to select the goods and gear to carry over to the next world. Richard is a writer, graphic artist and the creator of the …

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  • Grave Goods – Mary-Ann Ochota.

    What five items would you take to the grave? We ask anthropologist, writer and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota. She’s the author of Britain’s Secret Treasures and Hidden Histories: A Spotter’s Guide to the British Landscape, which was shortlisted for Current Archaeology’s Book of the Year Award 2017. Twitter – @MaryAnnOchota Tools of the Trade – a tool/implement …

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    Grave Goods – Justin Hopper.

    Welcome to Grave Goods, a series of interviews in which the interviewee selects five items they’d like to accompany them to the afterlife. On this outing, we’re very happy to receive Justin Hopper. Justin  is an American writer who lives and works in the UK. His recent book (The Old Weird Albion) and album (Chanctonbury …

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