I'm deeply saddened by the death of Paul Auster at the age of 77. Not only was he a marvelous writer, but on the couple of occasions I was privileged to interview him a very gracious man.

A great pleasure to talk with John Miller about Somerset Maugham

Tomorrow on the Great Books Podcast, with special guest star Mick Brown:

'The moment I thought I was dying I didn't feel fear, just loneliness.' My interview with Salman Rushdie in the Telegraph magazine and online ⁦The Telegraph⁩ today

Nice to have one of my old stories, from almost exactly ten years ago, do the rounds again (uncredited as usual but glad it still amuses)

The past comes back to haunt me.

'The moment I thought I was dying I didn't feel fear, just loneliness': a masterful interview with Salman Rushdie by Mick Brown for The Telegraph Magazine, online now telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/1…

Football. 👇

After his near-fatal assault, the novelist talks candidly about his PTSD, coming to terms with losing an eye… and why he feels no anger towards his assailant

Read this exclusive interview between Salman Rushdie and Mick Brown below ⬇️
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People say eccentric aristocrats are a dying breed these days. Well meet the Mulhollands, the satisfyingly unhinged new owners of Lympne Castle in Kent. I did, and cannot recommend them enough. telegraph.co.uk/family/life/re…

Just been alerted to this wild and menacing footage, never seen it before: the Rolling Stones on the David Frost show late 1968. Sympathy For the Devil: Jagger on fire in Turner mode, Brian Jones fading, Keith Richards incandescent youtube.com/watch?v=C9Tm3T…

‘I can do a mental striptease’ Ruby Wax on depression, her pioneering mental health treatment, new book and Ox Lit Fest talk! oxinabox.co.uk/i-can-do-a-men… via oxinabox.co.uk OxfordLitFest Ruby Wax Mick Brown Gelong Thubten Sheldonian Theatre Read Media Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop

'Meetings at the Rajneesh ashram often ended in sexual free-for-alls from which participants would emerge with broken limbs and mental breakdowns.'

✍️ Mick Brown spectator.co.uk/article/the-ty…

🗓️ 19 March
The Telegraph writer Mick Brown will be discussing his book #TheNirvanaExpress . From curious Victorians to liberated hippies, Brown will chart the history of the West's infatuation with Eastern philosophy, religion and spiritualism.
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The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West. Join author Mick Brown in conversation at OxfordLitFest on March 19 as he explores the West's fascination with Indian spirituality, from the orientalism of empire to modern counterculture. hurstpublishers.com/event/the-nirv…

My interview with one of my favourite authors, talking about his new volume of poetry.
They didn't want an Indian soldier with a turban': Michael Ondaatje on how he wrote The English Patient telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/…

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How Barbara Hulanicki's legendary Biba store changed British fashion telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people… #TheBibaStory #BarbaraHulanicki

I went to Miami to interview the fabulous Barbara Hulanicki, whose legendary Biba store changed British fashion telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people…

My interview with the fascinating Peter Fenwick, world authority on NDEs telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…