Diary Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s Diary: Life without a smartphone, the Queen’s Scouse accent, and our need for etiquette In Ireland, if someone dies you say: “Sorry for your loss.” Here it seems people are not sure how to act. By Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Books David McKee leaves behind beautiful, vivid art – and an important message By Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Culture Frank Cottrell Boyce: It’s hard to overestimate the impact Moominland Midwinter had on me By Frank Cottrell-Boyce
The road not taken: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on resisting the call of the river My uncles and my grandads were at sea. I always felt the call but liked my family, my city… By Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Why literary writing should celebrate working-class culture There’s a haunting story by Leon Garfield about a clerk who sells seven years of his own life to… By Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Tracey Thorn’s memoir of growing up in suburbia finds the extraordinary in the ordinary It was boredom that produced Thorn and hundreds of artists like her. Now that it’s gone we might miss… By Frank Cottrell-Boyce
The night that changed my life: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on seeing The Pogues by accident Their performance showed me that sincerity always beats irony. By Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Momentum banning the Sun? It’s the only polite thing to do in Liverpool You wouldn’t invite Harvey Weinstein to a festival of films by great female directors. And you wouldn’t invite the Sun to Liverpool. By Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Alan Garner’s memoir is one of the best things he’s ever written The prose is so clear that it feels less like writing and more like a surrendering to memory itself. By Frank Cottrell-Boyce
From murderer to minister: the strange story of the redemption of James Nelson In 1969, Nelson was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his own mother. When he was released, he… By Frank Cottrell-Boyce
The Lost Words makes the most familiar things shiny and interesting once more Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris bring together enchanting and accessible poems and artwork. By Frank Cottrell-Boyce