TIM PARKS LINKS ARCHIVE

This page archives articles by or about Tim Parks currently available on the internet, in no particular order. Please report broken links (or any suggestions) to nicholls@email.com

'Shelf Life' Scotland on Sunday March 10 2002

"I don't finish that many books"  Louise Rimmer Q&A's Tim Parks

'The mouse that roared' The Guardian October 26 2001 Parks - against the tide - dares to speak out against the political correctness surrounding FC Hellas Verona's rivals, Chievo Verona.

'Day of reckoning'The Guardian November 21 2001

"...after a dozen books published, only now do the TV channels of the entire world get in touch with me...to talk about Chievo!" The fallout from previous Chievo-deriding article (see above).

'Pushing the dagger of perception through the drapes of narrative' 3am Magazine

Tim Parks, "the greatest living English novelist", on Henry Green.

'Berlusconi's Way' New York Review of Books October 18 2001

Why Silvio Berlusconi's political success is just another indication of Italy's unique situation, and makes the place all the more interesting as a result. Excellent essay, but requires subscription or purchase.

'Success writ late pays off' The Observer August 26 2001

Parks featured in The Observer's 'My money' column

'Throwing Down a Gauntlet' The Threepenny Review Winter 2001

Review of Dino Buzzati's 'The Tartar Steppe'.

'Rancour' The Richmond Review 1998

"I shall bury you all!" As Tim Parks states in this essay, also published in Adultery and Other Diversions, the urge to write comes not from anger at society at large, but anger at oneself.

'An interview with Tim Parks' 3am Magazine June 2001

"Life can make you pretty angry. Anger is an attractive." Lengthy and revealing question and answers from 3am Magazine.

Translation of interview on Radio Capital, October 2001

Parks is summoned by Rome-based Radio Capital to explain himself for daring to criticise Chievo Verona.

'Gentleman of Verona' The Guardian 5 February 2001

How Parks turned from a life-long Manchester United fan into a Hellas Verona supporter.

'Trapped in a painful past' The Guardian October 7 2000

Originally a longer article in Granta, this piece challenges orthodox views about the origins of schizophrenia, a mental illness which affects Parks' own brother-in-law, Paolo.

'Books, the Next Millennium' The Richmond Review 1999

Optimistic, if a little scary, light-hearted look at literature in the twenty-first century.

TIM PARKS ON BBC RADIO's 'Home Truths'

The author has presented numerous reports for Home Truths, the BBC Radio 4 Saturday morning programme fousing on familial anecdotes, hosted by John Peel.

'Turning off the telly'

'Just Like Dad?'

'Grandad's Departure'

'How to grow up'

'Spiritual Identity'

'Family Breakfast'

'Video Wars'

'Family Alliances'

'Beating Dad!'

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