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Andrew O’Hagan

Andrew O’Hagan’s new novel, Caledonian Road, will be published in the spring of 2024. He is the author of six previous novels, including Mayflies which was adapted by the BBC.

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Podcasts | Issue 166
Podcasts | Issue 166

Podcast | Andrew O’Hagan

Andrew O’Hagan

‘The world comes down on your head if you don’t tell people what they already believe to be true.’

Andrew O’Hagan on truth, journalism and fiction.

Fiction | Issue 166 padlock
Fiction | Issue 166 padlock

The Sensitivity Reader

Andrew O’Hagan

‘Human nature is not improved by concealment, especially when it comes to the past.’

A short story by Andrew O’Hagan.

In Conversation | Issue 81
In Conversation | Issue 81

Andrew O’Hagan | Interview

Andrew O’Hagan & Patrick Ryan

‘A lot of journalism was in danger of becoming ‘celebrity writing’, in the sense that the writer and his conscience could become the story.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 81 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 81 padlock

Two Years in the Dark

Andrew O’Hagan

‘There's no right or wrong about this, there's only style.’

Fiction | Issue 81 padlock
Fiction | Issue 81 padlock

Gas, Boys, Gas

Andrew O’Hagan

‘The men were quiet. They said nothing for a minute and the sea at my back was calm and almost imaginary, but you could hear the waves coming to wash the chalk cliffs from under us.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 81 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 81 padlock

You, the Viewers at Home

Andrew O’Hagan

‘Every time I drink a glass of claret it goes straight to my face.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 81 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 81 padlock

Cecilia

Andrew O’Hagan

‘Now that everyone lives as if in a movie, we begin to forget that once it was only special people who did.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 81 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 81 padlock

How It Ends

Andrew O’Hagan

‘Seagulls murmur overhead, and nip at the banks. You can hear almost nothing.’

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