'I don't see myself as an actress – I just do what I need to do to tell a story.' And yet her performances draw on all aspects of her personality, from the glamorous diva to the disaffected teenager. Antonia Windsor meets the 'real' Zena Edwards
As a teenager Mark Gwynne Jones was crippled by anxiety. Now, thanks to a combination of meditation and TS Eliot, he has become one of the most accomplished performance poets in the land. Antonia Windsor tracks his journey
Profile: Hammer and Tongue @ Komedia, Brighton
Poetry was once a dirty word for the cool kids in Brighton, but no more. Hammer and Tongue has reinvented the medium for the hip-hop generation. Cue an unusual phenomenon: stage diving at a poetry gig…
What the papers said about 100 years since George Orwell’s birth
About her career and her work
What the papers said about 100 years since George Orwell’s birth
Summer Readings: the Summer Book by Tove Jansson
The story of Sophia's relationship and her grandmother is a meditation on love and nature. Perfect to read beside the sea
