Steven Berkoff makes self-publishing debut by Alison Flood

After rejection by conventional imprints, actor and director finds 'sense of independence' renewed by releasing books himselfHe is a major force in British acting and a much-garlanded playwr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00am on March 13, 2014[SHARE]

Salman Rushdie leads protest against Russian 'choke hold' on free speech by Alison Flood

Satanic Verses author, and 200 others, use open letter to denounce Putin regime's new laws 'putting writers at risk'On the eve of the Sochi winter Olympics, as the eyes of the world turn tow…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:02pm on February 5, 2014[SHARE]

Brecht's feelings about war cast in new light by emergence of teenage poems by Alison Flood

Two newly attributed poems find Brecht, a writer later known for his trenchantly anti-war views, in surprisingly patriotic formTwo poems showing a teenage Bertolt Brecht urging "real German …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:30am on January 28, 2014[SHARE]

Which stage shows are best for young children? by Alison Flood

A raucous theatre production of We're Going on a Bear Hunt kept my toddler transfixed. Suggestions for more like this are welcomeMichael Rosen's words and Helen Oxenbury's illustrations comb…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:52am on July 8, 2013[SHARE]

Book auction to shine light on the secrets of quidditch by Alison Flood

Charity auction of annotated first edition novels gives unprecedented insight into the genesis of classic titlesFrom JK Rowling's satisfaction at how the game of quidditch "infuriates men" t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:30pm on May 17, 2013[SHARE]

Stephen King's Misery set for US stage adaptation by Alison Flood

Misery … cannot be dead! New theatre adaptation of King's book to open in Pennsylvania in NovemberAnnie Wilkes, the deranged fan who keeps a novelist prisoner and forces him to write a boo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:20am on September 25, 2012[SHARE]

Agatha Christie memorial to be erected by Alison Flood

Queen of crime fiction's contribution to the stage to be celebrated with statue in London's theatrelandLondon's first memorial commemorating the bestselling queen of crime fiction Agatha Chr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:40am on August 10, 2012[SHARE]

Charles Bukowski and Stephen Sondheim works set for musical collage by Alison Flood

A California theatre company will combine the words of the American poet and the music of the US composer and lyricist into a production that will 'reveal the sublime BS of life'The unlikely…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25am on July 16, 2012[SHARE]

David Hare wins PEN/Pinter prize by Alison Flood

Playwright David Hare declared 'a worthy winner' of prize established by English PEN to celebrate the late Harold PinterFrom the privatisation of the railways to the invasion of Iraq, the ba…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30pm on August 26, 2011[SHARE]

Alan Bennett joins campaign against library closure by Alison Flood

Writer speaks out over closures in appearance at threatened Kensal Rise library in LondonAlan Bennett has joined Zadie Smith and Philip Pullman in the campaign to save a London library " ope…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:51am on May 10, 2011[SHARE]

John Major's next act to be music hall by Alison Flood

Former PM will explore elements of his own family's past in forthcoming history The Rise and Fall of Music HallHe's explored the history of cricket in More Than a Game, and he's written abou…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21am on April 12, 2011[SHARE]