The Latest Breaking News from William Boyd

Queen shares her love of reading amid the royal fallout from Earl Spencer’s book

Camilla’s appearance comes after a series of allegations were made about the King in extracts from Earl Spencer’s memoir.

The Independent UK · Sep 19

Queen speaks of love for books with ‘life-enhancing power’ at charity’s festival

Camilla’s appearance comes after a series of allegations were made about the King in extracts from Earl Spencer’s memoir.

Evening Standard · Sep 19

Cold Sunset by William Boyd, review – Brilliantly captures the delicious moral ambiguity of the spy novel

4/5 Endless cigarettes, copious drink, and a succession of glamorous hotel rooms and restaurants set the scene for Boyd’s intoxicating world

The Independent UK · Sep 1

A Visit to Friends/The Gildas Quartet review – Colin Matthews’s luminous new opera opens Aldeburgh in fine style

With a Chekhov-inspired libretto by William Boyd, this ‘opera within an opera’ had an excellent cast and a lucid staging. Another brand new work by Colin Matthews – his vivid Quartet No 6 – featured the following morning

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025

From Ballerina to the return of Pulp: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

A ballerina-assassin stalks a spin-off from John Wick, while Jarvis’s wry Britpop greats pick up from where they left off 24 years ago

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025

Best summer books to add to your beach bag, from Yesteryear to Every Summer After

From exciting debuts to classic thrillers, these are the reads deserving of a spot in your suitcase

The Independent UK · May 29, 2025

Chelsea Arts Festival: Ambika Mod, Sir Lenny Henry and more added to the bill

More top cultural talents have been announced for the inaugural event in September

Evening Standard · May 12, 2025

For the record

Mosul restoration project | Nicholas W Zamiska | Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2025

Author William Boyd explains how Nigerian Civil War experience shaped his work

The novelist, who wrote Jame Bond novel Solo, moved to Nigeria with his family in 1964, three years before the Biafran War began.

Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2025

James Bond nightclubs, vodka, aftershave: 007 writer on the spy’s future with Amazon

As the Bond franchise heads to the online giant, thriller author William Boyd foresees a slew of spin-offs and says AI is not a threat to human screenwriters

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2025