Guest User 9/10/26 Guest User 9/10/26

TRIGGER WARNING: Interview with Kent author Liz Bentley

Columnist Zahra Barri speaks with author and therapist Liz Bentley about punk Charles Dickens, the F word and ‘normopaths’

Guest User 7/2/26 Guest User 7/2/26

MOON TIME: Author Julie Walker

Columnist Zahra Barri talks to urban fantasy author Julie Walker about time, memory, grief, spirituality, family and the moon

Guest User 4/29/26 Guest User 4/29/26

PLOT TWIST: Whitstable author David F Reed releases crime novel

Columnist Zahra Barri talks to author David F Reed about dropping clues, cliff hangers and Whitstable easter eggs in his crime novel Running With The Devil

Jim Lyons 1/8/26 Jim Lyons 1/8/26

OH LORD! Interview with Canterbury author and hairstylist Vicki Lord

Columnist Zahra Barri talks to author and hairdresser Vicki Lord about sex, blow-dries, First Dates and the safety of the salon chair

Jim Lyons 11/3/25 Jim Lyons 11/3/25

A write pair: Interview with Medway's Barry and Sam Fentiman Hall

Columnist Zahra Barri talks to notorious Kent writing duo Sam and Barry Fentiman-Hall, who form the very backbone of Medway’s literary landscape

Joe Bill 9/2/25 Joe Bill 9/2/25

Write Here. Write Now: Medway writer Sarah Hehir

Columnist Zahra Barri talks to Medway writer Sarah Hehir about her time on The Archers, life influences, teaching in a young offender institution and not meeting Peter Andre

Jim Lyons 7/3/25 Jim Lyons 7/3/25

LONE WOLF: Interview with travel and nature author Adam Weymouth

Columnist Zahra Barri chats to Ramsgate travel and nature author Adam Weymouth about the ever-entwining world of wolves and humans

Jim Lyons 4/29/25 Jim Lyons 4/29/25

CAT FIGHT: Interview with Sevenoaks author Kit Conway

Columnist Zahra Barri chats to Sevenoaks author Kit Conway about suspense, suburbia, savagery, salaciousness, Desperate Housewives and, of course, Sevenoaks!

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Come read with me… Interview with Margate author Daisy Buchanan

Columnist Zahra Barri chats to Margate author Daisy Buchanan about Reading Yourself Happy, breaking the spell of social media and studying hip-hop

Joe Bill 1/6/25 Joe Bill 1/6/25

Iconic myths with a modern motive: Interview with West Malling's Rosie Hewlett

Columnist Zahra Barri chats to West Malling’s bestselling author Rosie Hewlett about modern threads in Greek myths, powerful women and whether the quest for the golden fleece was today’s desire for social media ‘likes’...

Jim Lyons 10/31/24 Jim Lyons 10/31/24

MIND OVER MAGIC: Interview with comedian and hypnotist Jason Simmons

Comedy columnist Zahra Barri chats to Erith’s multi-skilled live performer Jason Simmons about magic, hypnosis, Columbo and making a swift exit

Guest User 7/1/24 Guest User 7/1/24

Knock, Knock, Who’s There? An interview with Margate's Charlie George

Comedy columnist Zahra Barri talks to Margate comedian Charlie George about growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, birdsong podcasts and facing the darkness

Jim Lyons 5/1/24 Jim Lyons 5/1/24

Quip off the Mark: Q&A with Mark Simmons

Comedy columnist and author Zahra Barri talks Combine Harvesters, killing flies and dying on your arse with Mark Simmons

Joe Bill 3/5/24 Joe Bill 3/5/24

ODD JOB: Interview with comedian Joey Page

Comedy columnist Zahra Barri continues her series of interviews with ‘cene, this time meeting ‘a bit weird’ stand-up and podcast agony uncle Joey Page