Richard Gwyn

Illustrious insomniacs: 4.00 o’clock or whatever time in the morning

It sometimes happens that, as soon as I decide to write about something, the universe sends me little pointers and reminders, as if to corroborate the idea. Call it serendipity or call it synchronicity; whenever an idea looks… Read More

The Future is Dark: Woolf, Solnit, Darrieussecq . . . and the Lucy Letby trial

These words were cast before me by a triad of women writers,  each of whom has had a significant influence on my thinking at one time or other: Marie Darrieussecq, Rebecca Solnit and Virginia Woolf.  Marie Darrieussecq opens… Read More

Thinking Pig

Stories of animal transformation abound in myths and folktales across the world. The theme is one that pervades Greek and Celtic mythologies, to take just two examples, and traditionally takes two forms: the ability of a god or… Read More