Books represent a vital point of contact with the outside world.I have been in regular correspondence with a man who is serving life for murder and I was genuinely astonished to discover that I could not send him a copy of one of my own books. The trouble started after he turned 18 and therefore…
Introducing a new monthly column, novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz tells of his love affair with the Moroccan city that has both beauty and character.I love Marrakesh. I’ve been five or six times and every time I arrive I find it hard to believe that I’m just three and a bit hours…
Anthony Horowitz on TV quiz shows, and why he's keeping his idea for a new formula firmly under his hatI have a secret ambition… well, not so secret now that I’m writing about it. I’ve always wanted to create a quiz show.I’ve already featured in Mastermind and University…
With flickering screens on bins, buses and billboards, it seems advertising companies are finding increasingly cunning ways to infiltrate our daily lives, says Anthony HorowitzI had a strange experience this week. A dustbin recommended a film. I can’t remember the name of the film but the…
Anthony Horowitz on Tate Britain's new refurbishment and a time travelling Matt SmithEvery time I look, London just gets better and better. This week I popped into Tate Britain, quite unaware that it had just been given a £45million transformation and found myself bowled over by the…
In his monthly column, Anthony kick starts his ABC diet and finds himself on the honours list.After Christmas and New Year in America, I’m now back in England and facing the misery of the ABC diet – a diet of my own devising. No alcohol, biscuits or chocolate until my birthday on April 5.…
Anthony Horowitz on attending an awards ceremony in The Shard and a miserable night at the English National OperaI have never really liked the Shard. It’s completely out of proportion to the rest of London and, being so far away from the City, it feels like it’s in the wrong place. Well,…
As Poirot comes to an end after 25 years, famous members of its cast and crew explain what the little Belgian means to them… Here Anthony Horowitz explains why he found such joy in writing the detective's dialogueBrian Eastman was thinking of doing a series of Maigret and they brought…
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