Prince of analogue

Note what word I circle Mark Haddon let it slip on his Instagram that he’s working on a typewriter interview for me: before i even get started i need to celebrate the questions which are a) some of the best i’ve ever been asked (swipe for a selection) b) arrive *in the post* and c) come with a fabulous hand-made card. three cheers for austin kleon, prince of analogue… This delighted me, of course. One of the ways I pitch people (that is, if I have to) on the typewriter interviews is to emphasize how easy and fun they’re supposed to be: I mail you the questions, you fill them out and mail them back. That’s it! Stamped outgoing and ingoing envelopes from my typewriter interviews I saw a meme the other day that said, “Stamps are stickers with a job.” That made me laugh. I truly delight in sending things through the mail. It is a kind of magic. Another kind of magic I’m addicted to is keeping a diary by hand. I’ve just taken a look at my tour diary from last month, which covered one of…