Read an edited version of this year’s Richard Hillary memorial lecture, to be given tomorrow at the Gulbenkian theatre, St Cross Building, Oxford, at the Guardian here.
A Living Wage for Ritzy staff
Will Self joined the staff on the picket lines at the Brixton Ritzy cinema recently to lend his support for their campaign to be payed a Living Wage. You can watch what he had to say here, on the A Living Wage for Ritzy Staff Facebook page, and sign the petition here.
On addiction and the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Watch Will Self on Newsnight talking about addiction, after the death of the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
“We’ve never had it so good”
Watch Will Self debating the motion “We’ve Never Had it so Good” with Rod Liddle, Rachel Johnson and Jesse Norman, in this recent Intelligence Squared debate.
i-D interview
An interview with i-D ahead of one of Will’s recent Bookslam appearances, talking about music.
Wreford Watson lecture
Will Self’s Wreford Watson lecture, Decontaminating the Union: Post-Industrial Landscapes and the British Psyche, given at the University of Edinburgh last September, is now available to watch.
Will Self at the London Book Fair
Watch Will Self in conversation with Claire Armitstead, the Guardian’s books editor, at the recent London Book Fair.
Intelligence Squared debate
Watch Will Self debating gun control with Peter Hitchens and others live here tonight at 7pm.
Sussex Against Privatisation
Will Self speaking at a recent Sussex Against Privatisation event at Sussex University.
Umbrella reading and introduction
Will Self introduces Umbrella.
Will Self reading from Umbrella.