'Cages': A Review
Don’t get me wrong. ‘Cages’ is certainly a visual feast, and a triumph of innovation. It cost millions to put together, and it is...
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Tansy Hawksley
- Dec 19, 2020
- 4 min
Seasonal dating disasters
Here’s a Christmas story for you, as I know you’ll be missing them right now: A few years ago, the funeral of my friend Danny’s father....
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Tansy Hawksley
- Nov 1, 2020
- 6 min
A socially distanced funeral
There is a metaphor for grief – I didn’t come up with it, but it’s a good one: a ball in a box, bouncing around constantly and hitting...
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Tansy Hawksley
- Nov 1, 2020
- 5 min
In Cold Water
I wrote this a while ago. Although activities will be altered by the current lockdown, they will not be curtailed. During my first...
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Tansy Hawksley
- Apr 24, 2020
- 6 min
What is being asked of us?
But a lot of how you face this pandemic and the lockdown that goes with it – the removal of most distractions and most companionship for an
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Tansy Hawksley
- Apr 11, 2020
- 8 min
On Money
In recent weeks many nations have done the unthinkable. Closed their borders, repatriated their citizens, revoked the most basic of human ri
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Tansy Hawksley
- Apr 4, 2020
- 6 min
On Isolation
In January, after three hours on a bus journey that should have taken one, standing up most of the way and nose-to-armpit with stinking fart
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Tansy Hawksley
- Feb 21, 2020
- 2 min
Can you get arrested for cruelty to fictional characters?
Like everyone I've ever met, I have favourites. There are some people I like more than others. It might be their sense of humour, their enth
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Tansy Hawksley
- Dec 20, 2019
- 6 min
This is hard: on grief, love, and writing
Being English, I shy away from sharing personal stuff, but this is so big and so deep that it is at the heart of my life right now, so...
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Tansy Hawksley
- Nov 20, 2019
- 4 min
On gammon, incels and snowflakes
Getting your words out there puts you in the firing line, as you'll know if you've ever posted (or even merely replied to a post) on Twitter
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Tansy Hawksley
- Nov 10, 2019
- 3 min
How much research is too much research?
'Write what you know,' we are advised. You will interest readers by giving them an insight into your culture. You have a unique understandin
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Tansy Hawksley
- Sep 30, 2019
- 3 min
Method Writing: is it worth trying things out?
It's my belief that, if it's possible and passes a risk assessment, you should experience the sensual aspect of the things you are writing a
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Tansy Hawksley
- Sep 11, 2019
- 3 min
Should I do an MA in Creative Writing?
If you've reached this page it's because you've googled 'should I do an MA in Creative Writing'. (Perhaps you didn't use Google. Maybe...
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Tansy Hawksley
- Sep 4, 2019
- 4 min
When to listen to advice, and when to just Be You
Writing fiction is the form of art in which you put yourself on the line most. Musicians hide behind an instrument; songwriters can...
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Tansy Hawksley
- Sep 1, 2019
- 3 min
What kind of a writer are you?
You may be wondering, at this stage in your career, what kind of writing suits you best. Are you a novelist or is the short story more...
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Tansy Hawksley
- Aug 31, 2019
- 1 min
A (not remotely apologetic) word of apology about geography
Place: I appreciate that not everyone lives in London. For almost half of my life, I didn't either and frankly, I loved it up in the...
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Tansy Hawksley
- Jun 1, 2019
- 3 min
Booze and other general mayhem as a writing aid
Some years ago I went on my first writing retreat. It was bucolic, inspirational, and led to some interesting connections. And what I...
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