Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo ranks among the most beloved British authors and has written over a hundred books, including the award-winning War Horse, which was adapted for film by Steven Spielberg. He cites Ernest Hemingway and his old friend Ted Hughes among his influences, and founded the charity Farms for City Children. Although best known as a children's author, Michael Morpurgo is also a poet, playwright, and librettist, and is considered by many to be a master of the art of storytelling.
Michael Morpurgo ranks among the most beloved British authors and has written over a hundred books, including the award-winning War Horse, which was adapted for film by Steven Spielberg. He cites Ernest Hemingway and his old friend Ted Hughes among his influences, and founded the charity Farms for City Children. Although best known as a children's author, Michael Morpurgo is also a poet, playwright, and librettist, and is considered by many to be a master of the art of storytelling.
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Minds, Machines and Magic
Is human creativity no more than mechanics?
Life Story
Making sense of the self
Story Time
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The Art of Life
Are biographies fiction?
Philosophy in the Bedroom
Exploring pain and pleasure
The Art of Imagination
Is art the ultimate arbiter of truth?
The Key to Creativity
Do restrictions breed inventiveness?
Imagining Reality
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Authenticity, Reality and Being
What is it to be real?
At the World's Edge
Fantasy, fiction, and desire
The Doubleness of Oscar Wilde
What's behind the gentlemanly facade?
The King's Will
Mystery and death in the House of Tudor
Strange New Worlds
A new vision of reality
A Spider in the Eye
Authenticity is a Con
The problem with 'truthful' politics
Canon Under Fire
Mirror, Mirror
Can plastic surgery make you more authentic?
Conditions for Creativity
Does censorship create great art?
Myths for Modernity
Fictions and fantasies in an age of reason
The Old Gods: England's Mythic Past
How to Rediscover Your Creativity
Why blue sky thinking is essential
Dark Satanic Mills
Do our landscapes determine our selves?
Taking Humour Seriously
Is humour an essential form of subversion?
Imagining the Truth
Can fantasy reveal reality?
Killer Stories
Why do we fall for narratives?
The Arc of Life: Michael Morpurgo
How reading cultivates empathy
In the Moment
The Fantasy of Technology
Is technology the driver of progress?
The Great Escape
Is fantasy fiction a dangerous crutch?
Visions of Apocalypse
Is the end always nigh?
A Field Guide to Reality
Overcoming the tyranny of realism in literature
Death of the Hero
Icons for a new era
Verses for Eternity
The Mirror to Nature
The wonder of the wild vs. our imagination
Writing the End Times
Tales of an Extravagant Stranger
The Sound of the Self
How do sonic experiences in literature define us?
Austen vs Woolf
The female fantasy
Poetry and the Transmission of Errors
The poetical errors that matter
Uncharted Territory
Lust, Love and the Late Madame Picasso
Seduction, suicide and a courtcase. Godfrey Barker sheds light on Picasso’s final years.
Irony, Truth and Reality
Confronting the limits of sincerity
Our Hopeless Future & Other Comedy
Shooting Truth
The Mara Crossing
Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Does Shakespeare’s mystery and magic resonate in a rational age?
Rhyme and Punishment
Art for prisons
Dangerous Virtues
When enticing stories sell shady truths
Order out of Chaos
Stories Worth Telling
Politics in children's literature
Constructing consciousness
An interview with novelist Colm Tóibín
A writer's voice
Shedding light on the conscious and sub-conscious
Poetry Live
With Pulitzer Prize-winning Paul Muldoon
Standing up to sexism
An interview with comedian Helen Lederer
Why do we laugh?
The role of comedy in our lives
Fantasy and reality
Should narratives reflect or escape reality?
Knowledge v creativity
Should we value one over the other?
How to write and why we should
A guide to the creative process
How to write a memoir
Unlocking the key to ourselves
Writing the self
An interview with Meg Rosoff
The life inside with Andy West
Exploring the world behind bars
How to write your first novel
Exploring the creative process
How to learn from history
Learning the lessons from our past
After happily ever after
Do our lives tell a story?
Deconstructing the art of storytelling
How to keep your audience hooked
Life and Death on the Front Line
Delivering the future of childbirth
The obscure, the banal, and the magical
Has poetry lost its vision?
Me, my world, and I
The myth and reality of collective experience
Based on a true story
Is an objective story of the past possible?
Imagining the universe
Is creativity an illusion?
When myth becomes reality
The power of misinformation
Dreaming beyond time
Studying the timeless tapestry
