Tom Cox
Tom Cox's books include Villager, 1983, the Sunday Times top ten bestseller The Good, The Bad And The Furry, the Wainwright Prize-longlisted 21st-Century Yokel & Help The Witch, which won a Shirley Jackson Horror Writing award. He lives in Devon.
A Brief, Unsparingly Honest Guide To The Real British Countryside From Someone Who Knows
My Ex-Husband's Landlady
I've taken the paywall off this story, just for the next 24 hours, in a devious attempt to lure a few of you into a paying subscription for future writing. I hope you enjoy it. Subscribe now My ex-husband’s landlady is 77 years old, five feet nine
Black Dog
My cat Roscoe - who some of you might have been introduced to recently via her more vapid alter ego - turns 14 this month. She's a healthy cat, young for her age, which makes my mind boggle a bit as it hits me that precisely ten years
Old Litkinov
An Exclusive Look Inside My Writing Routine
I normally wake just before 3am, get immediately into my tracksuit and go for a run around the bathroom, but not for long, since writing time is of the utmost value to me and I’m at the height of my intellectual powers early in the morning. If I’m
January
* Multi-person swimming lane etiquette is all entirely workable if you assume it solely involves people with average-size bodies who've been taught to swim properly, but that's not quite addressing reality in its varied face. As a swimmer who frequents busy public pools during the winter months
Ten Basic But Important Rules For Authors
1. Never expect anyone to read your book, even if you sent it to them for free. 2. Do all you can to keep yourself in a non-presumptive state that will lead to a feeling of pleasant surprise if a fellow human reads your book. 3. Don’t let people
Some Photographs I Have Taken Of Dogs During My Adventures In The British Countryside, And Some Important Details About Their Lives
A dog who is running excitably towards me across some wet grass, having heard a rumour that for one week and one week only I will do a cut, shampoo and blow dry for just £14.99.
Thinking About Thinking
At Home With The Actor, Influencer And Designer Philippa Islington-Smythe
Subscribe now In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world. "You are right: the
Recommended Walks
It is low tide as you stroll along the creek, wild geese burst into tears overhead and ancient bone dice litter the foreshore.