Richard Cohen

Five time British sabre champion and author of Chasing The Sun, By The Sword, and How to Write Like Tolstoy, in stores May 2016 from Random House.

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'Do you use a keyboard or do you write by hand?' begins an article in the Spring issue of The Author. It goes on to say that the processes of writing have been little scrutinized or documented, and reports on... https://t.co/Vgg4UjFdZM

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Judicial Review

For those who have never heard of Andrea Camilleri, you could be in for a treat. He’s all of 93 years old now, but has created one of the best modern detectives of recent times, Commissioner... https://t.co/HnvgdkOO63

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The Overton Window

Last week I was reading a sports article in the New York Times about the famous footballer Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini, the Argentine who plays as a forward and captains both the... https://t.co/JJHY3TYKrc

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The Czech Mattress

I have been back only five days from an 8-day trip to London (of which more later) but tomorrow afternoon I am off again, this time to Moscow, for a week. Not very good for my carbon... https://t.co/Alx6BW3stv

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Herodotus Lives

About four years ago, I was awarded a visiting scholarship at my Cambridge alma mater, Magdalene College, and spent six weeks working on the book. At that stage, I was still drafting the... https://t.co/tzZJz3L2nY

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An Agent Writes…

I should have known that my wife, an agent for more than 40 years, would have views on this subject, and of course hers have a special authority.

She really didn’t agree with a lot of what... https://t.co/LnoLsHTGi7

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Don’t Choose 007

When you are longing to get published, there is a danger that the first person who says they would be willing to represent you gives rise to such a feeling of relief that you grab them with... https://t.co/dpv0zfg8R9

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Today I finished the book I have been working on for the last ten years, and posted it off to my editor at Random House. It started off being called "The History of Historians," but is now just "Historians: A... https://t.co/qO3RwnrkGm

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Galapagos Report

Just back from a wonderful and extraordinary time in the Galapagos Islands. The reasons for this were a combination of the islands themselves, an excellent naturalist guide, the itinerary,... https://t.co/Btd7eSn9QK

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This morning Kathy and I are off to the Galapagos Islands for a New York Times eleven-day trip. I am the designated ‘expert’ for the journey, and will be delivering three lectures to the group, who will be... https://t.co/pwKIf0Ix0y

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Running Story

They get about, my three children, and just won’t stay still. Last month Toby (34) went on a five-day cycling trip across the Pyrenees (in their last run they notched 150 miles in a single day),... https://t.co/260i7l7vV7

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Running Story

They get about, my three children, and just won’t stay still. Last month Toby (34) went on a five-day cycling trip across the Pyrannees (in their last run they notched 150 miles in a single... https://t.co/p0vr3TQwzT

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Photos to accompany my 12/30 post, which you can read here:

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In 1984 I was editorial director for fiction at Hodder & Stoughton, and had two mystery novels that I was keen to... https://t.co/LxhpM9xWSf

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To celebrate today's eclipse...here are a few photos from my book CHASING THE SUN.

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Monday people over whole strips of America will see the solar eclipse, In 2003 I saw an eclipse from Antarctica,... https://t.co/wqwD8TXSyC

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Writing my book 'The History of Historians," I have just reached William Hickling Prescott. Who? I hear you ask.... https://t.co/ivcVrPGBmW

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"Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of... https://t.co/x9WdqhhHHt

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The magazine Tin House today had an article about the strangest objects that librarians have found stuffed inside... https://t.co/sFDnrLq7Fn