Speaking at the Telegraph Bath Festival of Children's Literature, Alex Rider creator Anthony Horowitz says that parents, not politicians, should encourage children to read. Article by Lorna Bradbury.Anthony Horowitz, the bestselling author of the Alex Rider books that are widely credited…
Dystopia. Apocalypse. Death and destruction. There are two problems when you set out to write a book in this vein. The first is that you find yourself very limited as to what you can actually describe. After all, there are so many ways that the world can end – war, disease, alien invasion,…
Lawrence of Arabia in Jordan: Anthony Horowitz follows in the footsteps of David Lean's classic film.Can it really be 50 years since the release of David Lean's epic masterpiece, Lawrence of Arabia? Looking at it now, it seems as vital as ever, with none of the fustiness or sense of…
Potter Grayson Perry learnt a lot about pigeonholing the nation's tastes while making his series for Channel 4It’s not easy talking to Grayson Perry. The Turner Prize-winning artist is very open, articulate, easy‑going… I would even say matey. When something amuses him, he…
A hotly debated new documentary shines a light on the bullying epidemic in America's schools. But are things any better in Britain?The news that the presidential candidate Mitt Romney was a homophobic bully while he was at prep school couldn’t have happened at a worse time for him. It…
Few books now appear without enthusiastic recommendations from other authors, but does anyone really believe them?How many books can one man recommend? I sometimes feel that my name is on the cover of more books than I've actually written myself, which is worrying. I've endorsed…
'The Hunger Games' left me uncomfortable, but the biggest shock has been my brush with Jeffrey Archer.This was the week that I finally got to see The Hunger Games, generously donating my own £9.50 to the $356.9 million that the film has already taken. I’m afraid I didn’t enjoy it…
In Munich with Sherlock Holmes - and why I'm swatting up on politics.A week in the media, starting with a talk in Munich on Sherlock Holmes again. They place me in a theatre normally used by professors who perform autopsies for medical students, a steeply raked circle with about 200 people…
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