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

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

Richard Beard is the author of The Day That Went Missing: A Family Tragedy, a book that follows Richard as he attempts to piece together the events of 18th August 1978 – the day his younger brother Nicholas died. Click image to read the interview

This week Cariad talks to writer Richard Beard (The Day That Went Missing, Lazarus) about his brother, Nicky, who drowned on a family holiday when he was eleven years old. As ever they talk grief, narrative + how the body remembers. Click image to listen to the interview

Tuesday and Tim are joined by Richard Beard, author of Sad Little Men – Private Schools and the Ruin of England, where they deep dive into his book and the systemic impacts of leaders, trained in boarding schools, on our systems, services, structures, programs and infrastructure. Click image to listen to the interview

The Day That Went Missing by Richard Beard is the choice for this month’s Church Times Book Club. On the podcast this week, he talks to Sarah Meyrick, who has written this month’s Book Club essayabout the memoir. Click image to listen to the interview

Richard Beard is a successful author. He is also an ex-public schoolboy who was torn from his family at a tender age and packed off to the brutal environment of Radley College. He joined me to explain the long-lasting impact on his mental health. Click image to listen to the podcast