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Richard Smyth

Writer and Critic, UK

Richard Smyth writes features, reviews and comment pieces for publications including The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement and New Statesman, among others. He is also a crossword setter, a cartoonist and an author whose books include The Jay, the Beech and the Limpetshell (2023) and the novel The Woodcock (Fairlight Books, 2021). He lives in Shipley, West Yorkshire, UK.

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