THE TRUTH ABOUT: Paul bailey - The Untold Story

Where to start with: Paul Bailey

The novelist and poet, who died a year ago, left a huge body of work distinguished by its melancholy wit and warmth. These are some of the highlights

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025

Blue gold: how a Ghana mine’s troubles hit workers and UK politicians – and could cost British taxpayers

Exclusive: London-based firm with heavyweight backing received £3.3m loan from Treasury fund for start-ups

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2025

Atonement by Ian McEwan is a meditation on creativity in later life

In Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001), aspiring writer 13-year-old Briony Tallis glimpses a world of opaque “adult emotion”. Holding a pen and blank paper before her, she feels a powerful impulse to write in order to impose order and meaning on adulthood’s slippery uncertainties.

The Conversation · Jan 27, 2025

Life sciences offer an alternative future for some of London’s offices

In what will be seen as a boost for the UK life sciences industry, a flurry of investors are looking to create specialist sites in London

Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2023

Edinburgh Morningside residents baffled over 'tiny' double yellow lines left on road

The marks on Braidburn Terrace were previously along more of the roadside and then a recent change to add more resident parking spaces left two small double yellow lines.

Edinburgh Live · May 10, 2023

With public camping a felony, Tennessee homeless seek refuge

A rise in homeless encampments across America has prompted a growing demand for solutions

The Independent UK · May 21, 2022

Poem of the week: Nocturnal by Paul Bailey

Written for a former lover who quietly chose to die, this work’s uncluttered eloquence offers pure refreshment

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2022