Interview: Monica Ali, University of Surrey

Author Ian Rankin, University of East Anglia

UEA’s Ian Rankin on Rebus, writing and regrets

We talk to the renowned crime author about the challenge of writing, professorial aspirations and how long it takes to finish The Times crossword

By John Elmes

27 October

Reading great literature won’t improve Trump, says Tóibín

Brooklyn author reflects on the new US president, Brexit and literature as he becomes chancellor of the University of Liverpool

By Jack Grove

3 February

Interview with Sir Lenny Henry

Birmingham City University’s new chancellor talks about his experiences as a mature student, how education is a right, and why the British public rock

By Hilary Lamb

9 February

Stella Bruzzi, University College London (UCL)

Interview with Stella Bruzzi

The incoming dean of arts and humanities at UCL speaks about tuition fees, snobbery in film studies and making Margaret Thatcher likeable

By Hilary Lamb

15 December

Interview with Monica Ali

The acclaimed novelist and distinguished writer-in-residence at the University of Surrey talks about teaching, researching her novels and why she skipped all her lectures

Register to continue

Subscribe

Related articles

UEA’s Ian Rankin on Rebus, writing and regrets

Reading great literature won’t improve Trump, says Tóibín

Interview with Sir Lenny Henry

Interview with Stella Bruzzi

Related universities

University of Surrey

Sponsored

Featured jobs

Interview with Monica Ali

The acclaimed novelist and distinguished writer-in-residence at the University of Surrey talks about teaching, researching her novels and why she skipped all her lectures

Register to continue

Subscribe

Related articles

UEA’s Ian Rankin on Rebus, writing and regrets

Reading great literature won’t improve Trump, says Tóibín

Interview with Sir Lenny Henry

Interview with Stella Bruzzi

Related universities

University of Surrey

You might also like

‘It’s a great way to unwind’: the academics who create crosswords

Let’s personalise productivity with the weightiest metric yet: academic BMI

Committees and IT departments have captured the university

Hillbilly energy: from middle-school dropout to academic tenure

Sponsored

Featured jobs