When I moved back to Cumbria, one of the first things I did was locate a decent bookshop. Sarah Hall backbookshopcumbria Change image and share on social
Swimming in the U.K. is not really about enjoying a sultry experience. It's about cold, clear acts of purification, and constitutional durability. It's about invigoration and bravado. Sarah Hall actbravadoclear Change image and share on social
The beauty of interdisciplinary conversation is that the mode of expression is essentially different for each practitioner, even if ideas are shared. Sarah Hall beautyconversationessentially Change image and share on social
You always hope you'll surprise somebody with the work. If you write something human and appealing, the perfect reader could be anyone. Sarah Hall appealhopehuman Change image and share on social
I can gabble on now, but I couldn't when I was a kid, so I spent a lot of time in my own head on the moors by myself. It felt like writing was the right way to express myself. Sarah Hall expressfeltgabble Change image and share on social
I'm a home-roamer and can't do study or office scenarios. Sarah Hall homeofficeroamer Change image and share on social
My favourite pool is located in a remote valley in the eastern Lake District, surrounded by vine-hung cliffs and slippery boulders. It has a torrential sheet waterfall at one end and is almost black in colour, so it appears bottomless, a portal to nowhere. Sarah Hall appearblackbottomless share on social
For its speculations to be taken seriously, dystopian fiction must be part of a discussion of contemporary society, a projection of ongoing political failures perhaps, or the wringing of present jeopardy for future disaster. Sarah Hall contemporarydisasterdiscussion share on social
I don't think practitioners should necessarily be advertising their work. Sarah Hall advertisenecessarilypractitioner Change image and share on social
I was a terrible painter - my portraits looked like the evil chimera love-children of Picasso's demoiselles and the BBC test card clown. Sarah Hall bbccardchild Change image and share on social