Susanna Clarke and Neil Gaiman in conversation about “The Ladies of Grace Adieu”

As the title says, Neil Gaiman asks Susanna Clarke question about her 2006 short story collection, Ladies of Grace Adieu, during an Observer Blackwells talk at the Bloomsbury theatre.  This was good for getting me in a writerly state of mind, so I wanted to archive the link.  You can stream or download.  Here’s Clarke’s Wikipedia entry.

BBC Documentary and Interview With Francis Bacon

Check out this 1985 Doc on and interview with my (sometimes) favorite dead British painter, Francis Bacon. It can get a bit painful at times, but it’s worth the watch.

http://www.ubu.com/film/bacon.html