Creative Thinking

How to be a real artist – or do any creative work

Clue: don't wait for a written invitation!

Your friends don't have to be alive to give good advice. They don't even have to be real.

Stay home, stay safe - and sell work

When your creative project stalls, take a break. And then begin again. Slowly, if needs be.

The Street is a feature-length documentary made without a budget, a plan, or even an audience in mind. And it's brilliant.

Focus on what you can control, and let go of what you can't.

I’m having a drink with friends tonight. And you should, too. We don't have to be in the same room to stay close.

Coronavirus is scary. Not having work is scary. Here are some ways to deal with it

As the Emergency Poet, Deborah Alma drove about in an ambulance, prescribing poems to cure all ills. Now she has opened The Poetry Pharmacy.

My new habit for February: recording in a daily journal, and assessing with weekly check-ins

How I started a new habit of meditating every day

One of the few female directors ever to be nominated for an Oscar, Sofia Coppola talks writing, children, fashion – and why she never shouts on set