In the latest episode of Rathbones Inspired Minds, Daniel Norcross speaks to author Richard Beard. Richard is the winner of the 2018 Ackerley Prize for his memoir, The Day That Went Missing. As well as being a writer, Richard played professional rugby in France. Click image to listen to the interview

Novelists Richard Beard and Bella Pollen discuss turning from fiction to non fiction by writing memoirs. Click image to listen to the interview

Richard Beard looks at the ways writers have played with visual media on the page. Click image to listen to the interview

Richard Beard explores how writers display things on the page that change how we read. Click image to listen to the interview

Richard Beard explores how writers have used punctuation to diversify fiction. Click image to listen to the interview

Richard Beard examines how writers address ‘you’, the reader, in fiction. Click image to listen to the interview

Richard Beard explores how and why most fiction is written in the third person. Click image to listen to the interview

Richard Beard guides us on the unexpected uses of the first person in fiction. Click image to listen to the interview

Richard Beard explains how time is used across fiction and the use of the future tense. Click image to listen to the interview

Richard Beard explains how time is used across fiction and the use of the present tense. Click image to listen to the interview