My ‘Cure’ For Stammering

(Written to mark International Stuttering Awareness Day – October 22

Do you stammer? If you do, you’re among one per … read more

My Cure For Stammering

My Cure For Stammering

International Stuttering Awareness Day (October 22)

Ray Connolly

Do you stammer? If you do, you’re among … read more

A piano playing singer in a hospital…

As they say, he had me at Wichita Lineman. With an hour to kill I sat and listened as a … read more

The Vinyl Countdown

Daily Express 20.8.2024

The trouble with technology is that our present so quickly swallows our past. I didn’t mind so … read more

The Making of That’ll Be the Day and Stardust – Daily Mail, 28.2.23

The Making of That’ll Be the Day and Stardust – Daily Mail, 28.2.23

No-one sets out to write a film that half a century later is considered a cult movie. But I did, … read more

Devoted  – BBC Radio 4 (23.3.21)

Devoted – BBC Radio 4 (23.3.21)

Devoted

Writer Ray Connolly spent six months in hospital fighting Covid 19. This is the story of how he survived.

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A Second Chance – The Moment That Changed My Life  (an edited version of this article appeared in The Guardian – November 17, 2021)

A Second Chance – The Moment That Changed My Life (an edited version of this article appeared in The Guardian – November 17, 2021)

A second chance – that’s what I was being given when, having skirted death during that first round of Covid, … read more

John, Me and the Lancashire Treasure (Sunday Times, April 1980)

I learned the real meaning of gold fever when I was 13 – although in my case the fever was … read more

John, Me and the Lancashire Treasure (Sunday Times, April 1980) From Born At The Right Time by Ray Connolly

I learned the real meaning of gold fever when I was 13 – although in my case the fever was … read more

My Back Pages   (An edited version of this article appeared in The Oldie, December. 2021)

My Back Pages (An edited version of this article appeared in The Oldie, December. 2021)

 What Muhammad Ali, Bob Dylan, Lord Hailsham, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Roger Vadim, Michael Caine, Leonard Cheshire, Paul Raymond, Eric read more