As part of our music-themed month on the blog, we’ve been asking our authors to talk us through four songs that have in some way shaped their writing. Christopher Potter is up, and has given us (and YOU) four of his current favourite tracks. Read more…
What I’m reading: I’m reading Stefan Zweig’s The World of Yesterday. And I’m reading it as a consequence of my insistence on sitting through any film right to the end of the credits. I can’t understand why anyone would think the film was over until they’d found out what the music was, where the film was shot, or who played the hero’s stunt-double. As the final credits of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel scrolled up (or is it down?) I discovered that the film had been inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig. Read more…
