Blake Morrison

Art

Uncool Britannia

• 01 May 2008

An exhibition curated by Grayson Perry reclaims a certain strand of our culture that has been written off as naff, ephemeral, or self-effacing

Diary - Blake Morrison

• 21 October 2002

When I wrote a book about my father, people asked me what my mother thought. Now I've written about my mother, I keep getting asked: "What does your sister think?"

"Two living parents, no sexual abuse, no beatings, no spells in rehab - my literary career is totally fucked"

• 22 April 2002

Politics

London's own grim fairy tale

• 24 April 2000

With genies, the Pied Piper and strange omens greeting him at every corner, Blake Morrisonfinds the London mayoral campaign trail a surreal experience

After weeks of self-restraint, I forced myself upon a waitress, demanding she bring me the house white

• 07 February 2000