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Will Self

Exclusive: those ‘sent items' e-mails in full

The news that some techie wonk at Google has found a way to stop people sending drunken e-mails in the middle of the night had my phone ringing off the hook on Wednesday, with media types wanting me to make some sort of...

Brown launches literature event

Prime Minister Gordon Brown talked about his book Wartime Courage Writers, critics, historians and actors are descending on the Cheltenham Literature Festival, which has been opened by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Broadcaster...

The 20 best up-and-coming artists

Johan Andersson The 22-year-old Swedish artist recently graduated from Central St Martin's and is enjoying a healthy buzz, thanks to his place on the 2007 shortlist for the BP Portrait Award as the youngest ever artist to...

Liver, By Will Self

Is it a novel? Is it a collection of short stories or a quartet of novellas? It is none of these things. Liver is a "fictional organ with a surface anatomy of four lobes". "Foie Humaine" begins on territory familiar to fans of...

A smoker’s tale

Will Self’s The Butt Somehow one is surprised — if one is a semi-conscious literary journalist like me — by the discovery that Will Self has continued to produce books. SILVER HAZE: The hoaxy, displaced, reality-TV feel is part...

Liver

06-Oct-2008

Review by Ángel Gurría-Quintana Liver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes By Will Self FT Bookshop £15.19 Will Self has had a busy year. Only months after the publication of The Butt, an anti-anti-smoking...

Ken Dodd on his tattyfalarious life

Ken Dodd is quietly waiting for me among the crowds on the concourse at Liverpool Lime Street station. Although the flared teeth and hair make him instantly recognisable, he cuts a surprisingly low-key figure with nothing more...

Oct 9, 2008: RSA Thursday - The Power of the Political Cartoon at RSA, The Royal Society for the...

In the week that Parliament reconvenes, controversial cartoonist Martin Rowson visits the RSA to discuss his career as a ‘visual journalist’ and to trace the intriguing history of the political cartoon. Martin Rowson will be in...

Walking the talk: Will Self describes Hollywood journey in Parkes Lecture

Novelist Will Self will be discussing 'Walking to Hollywood: Jewish diaspora and the creation of the American Dream' on Tuesday 14 October 2008 when he presents this year's Parkes Lecture at the University of Southampton.

Where are the best student hangouts?

No doubt you enjoy going out for a drink with your friends, whether it’s to discuss your latest lecture over a latte or a recent relationship drama over something a bit stronger. Picking the right venue is crucial. You...

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