nothing in the rulebook

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  • The role of the creative and our place in culture

    Creatives of all forms remain in a constant, symbiotic tango with human nature and culture. All of human thought remains distinctly entwined with that strange, living thing we call culture. Literature, art, music, photography – these strands of culture both reflect who we are, in our values, our hopes, fears, ideals, and shapes who we…

  • Love, Simply

    A spring-time, fresh-faced joy. One of life’s wonders has appeared and is Here to stay. It comes in teardrops, or in smiles. In a gale of laughter, or a quiet giggle. In a hug, a sigh or nervous chatter. Or an argument so furious your heart aches. Some don’t believe in fairies but We know…

  • Flepham’s Green and Pleasant Home: The Blake Society successfully buys William Blake’s house for the nation

    After an ambitious crowd-funding campaign, the Blake Society has successfully purchased Blake’s cottage – a quaint, Grade II listed home in Flepham, Sussex. The cottage is where the Great British poet wrote ‘Jerusalem’, and Flepham is where he was arrested for sedition. The house has been preserved in much the same state as it was…

  • Creatives In Profile: Interview with Tim Leach

    In the latest of our ‘Creatives In Profile’ interview series, it is an honour to introduce author and creative writing teacher, Tim Leach. Tim is a historical fiction author and creative writing teacher. His first novel, ‘The Last King of Lydia’, was published by Atlantic Books in Spring 2013, and has been longlisted for the…

  • New anthology celebrates Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity

    In November 1915 Albert Einstein published his now world famous General Theory of Relativity. It introduced to physics new concepts, such as the curvature of space-time and black holes, and it made extraordinary predictions about the bending of light around massive objects. I Am Because You Are is a timely collection of new fiction and…

  • Some of the finest advice on writing – Kurt Vonnegut on stories, structure and style

    Fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays and five works of non-fiction stand as a towering testament of Kurt Vonnegut’s ability to show us the fantastic in literature, and the extent to which books and writing can make us feel sublime. He is rightly admired by writers, readers – and most people who have…

  • All that jazz: the latest Write Stuff jazz journalism initiative returns!

    Calling all new and aspiring jazz writers, the latest Write Stuff jazz journalism initiative returns for its 13th year in November at London’s Southbank Centre with a new series of workshops and mentoring sessions held during the EFG London Jazz Festival. Founded and organised by Jazzwise and Serious, the Write Stuff gives new jazz writers a…

  • The Starling

    I paused. There was a noise above my head, in the attic. It was intermittent. I wasn’t sure if I’d heard anything at all it was so indistinct, so gentle. The child which remained somewhere within me played with the idea of ghosts and spirits but I wasn’t intrigued enough to venture into the cold…

  • Creatives In Profile: Interview with Mike Dodson

    Creativity, in all its myriad different forms, can take us to the edge of the world and look beyond. It can inspire, inform, influence. Used in the right way, it can illuminate the path ahead. Because of this, Nothing in the Rulebook has been founded to emphasise such creativity. Yet we’re also here to highlight not just…

  • Not the Booker Prize: An alternative literary reading list

    Mired in controversy since it began, the Man Booker Prize has long held the attention of the literary world. In its time, the Prize has witnessed what is as close to an authorial punch up as can be – when William Golding squared off against Anthony Burgess. It was once described by Richard Gott as…