A YouTube clip of Will Self talking about his novel Dorian, and the hypocrisy of WH Smith refusing to stock it because of its naked man cover (though it is available on its website, here).
Shooting Stars
To watch the recent BBC documentary Shooting Stars: The Inside Story, in which you can see Will talking about, among other things, the Carry on Camping skit, his relationship with Johnny Vegas and how being on the show allowed him to some extent free himself from his writerly persona, go here.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: More News From Nowhere
Spotted — an oddly geeky-looking Will, propping up the bar in Cave’s video filling in a crossword, though, according to this account, he was filling it in using his own answers: “Later, while I was aimlessly wandering around waiting for the lighting to be set-up or some such technical detail I took a look at Self’s crossword. He had filled it all in but with words that bore no relation to the clues. These were all proper words. In fact they were proper Selfian, or is it Self-ish words like: perfidy, carillon, phylum and quincunx. And they all slotted into the crossword grid perfectly. It was a revelation to me. Nobody I have now asked has ever seen a crossword done like this before.”
The Book Show on Sky Arts
Will was on Sky Arts’ The Book Show last night and it looks like the episode will be available here eventually.
Interview in Brazil
Interesting little interview with Will in Brazil. And there is a second part too.
Karl Pilkington on Channel 4
Will is going to appear on Comey Lab: Karl Pilkington — Satisfied Fool on Channel 4 on October 22, 11.05pm. “After disappointing exam results nineteen years ago, Karl Pilkington looks to find out if more intelligence and knowledge will make him happy by meeting some well-known intellectuals.”
Watch it here on YouTube.
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