David Henty is an extraordinarily gifted artist who paints copies of paintings by well known artists, such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Monet, Modigliani, Basquiat, Lowry, Rockwell, Sickert, Picasso and many more. Is this art forgery? Not really, because David is transparent about his paintings, signing them on the back and selling them openly as copies –…
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Graham Bartlett talks about his second calling
I did actually want to explore something about how it was different for women both in terms of what they go through, but also what they offer
Graham Bartlett, bestselling author and advisor to crime writers, talks about his police career
All I ever wanted to do was join the police
Elly Griffiths talks about life under lockdown in her latest Ruth Galloway book The Locked Room
I’ve always wanted to write a locked room mystery, and here we are in a locked world
Professor Stuart Sillars talks about illustrated fiction between the wars
I came to think of these magazines as very important survival mechanisms, keeping people together in communities
Peter James talks about his mate Roy Grace, Super Recognisers and playing with time
He’s always been like a real character, almost like a mate to me
Reading Elly Griffiths, inspired by this blog
I’m now on The Chalk Pit which is the ninth and have no intention of stopping
Elly Griffiths talks about misdirection, redemption and forensic botany …
I’m certainly attached to Ruth and Nelson in a way that means I can’t ever really just treat them as words on a page
Emily Winslow, a unique and original voice in crime fiction today
Emily Winslow, with her multiple narrators (reminiscent of Wilkie Collins’ great detective novel of 1868, The Moonstone) has introduced an unusual and distinctive voice into the world of contemporary crime fiction.
Emily Winslow talks about writing crime fiction
I think of myself as a crime writer, but with the very broadest definition of crime.