Georges, Georges Perec, is that you? No. Come on, Georges, this is the first time I’ve summoned spirits from the dead. Would you consider giving me an interview? No. Georges, I have a Ouija board here on a small table in front of me, and my Reading Group holding hands in a deep trance. I […]
The first phase of the Universal Turing Machine is now available to read free online. ‘Utterly humane and utterly brilliant,’ Lily Dunn, author of Into Being; The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform. ‘There are many clever people out there, doing clever things, but it takes great skill to capture the true […]
All the Right Moves While people in the world of books, as in so many others, continue to suffer from the dull and ecologically unsound deployment of artificial intelligence, the writer Richard Beard has got on with doing something defiant. Mr Beard launched his Universal Turing Machine on June 23, the anniversary of Alan Turing’s […]
‘Utterly humane and utterly brilliant, outwitting computer technology by remaining one step ahead, always, in what can be read and in what order. There are many clever people out there, doing clever things, but it takes great skill to capture the true magic of memory and of lived experience. The Universal Turing Machine does that.’ […]
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