Ali Smith on hearing a book

‘You know when you hear a piece of music once, you haven’t heard it properly, you want to hear it again. A well-made book will reward you in exactly the same way as music does, in that you will understand

On old friends

I am lucky enough to be sitting here composing my latest post while being accompanied by the most amazing live soundtrack – my friend Mekhla practicing Bach and Beethoven. I’m really loving reading and writing to music at the moment,