The Light Behind the Mountains - Dominus Owen Markham

There is a sense of silence that arrives with a setting sun. Not the silence of an empty room, or the silence of a conversation that has run dry. This is something older than both of those.

Dominus Owen Markham
The Smell of It

I was eleven years old, maybe twelve, and I had decided, with the kind of absolute confidence that only exists before consequence arrives, that I was going to conduct a small experiment with crepe paper and a metal bin in my bedroom.

Dominus Owen Markham

How Hindi Vocabulary Affects Writing and Speaking Skills

Limited vocabulary can hold students back in exams, conversations, and writing. Discover how stronger Hindi word power improves communication and confidence https://indiatutor.in/blogs/how-hindi-vocabulary-affects-writing-and-speaking-skills/

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Collected: The Podcast: #507: Hanif Kureishi, celebrated novelist, screenwriter and playwright

In this special interview, cult author and RLF beneficiary Hanif Kureishi tells Paul Dodgson about working with David Bowie, why he has given up listening to music except for one particular song, and how he has rebuilt his writing process after the fall that left him paralysed in 2022. © Royal Literary Fund www.rlf.org.uk

RLF Writers’ News: June 2026

New books, productions, events, festival appearances and award news for our RLF and WritersMosaic writers for the month of June 2026.

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The Swing at the Edge of the World

There’s a version of me that never grew up.

Dominus Owen Markham