Francesca Laidlaw

Francesca Laidlaw

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  • 2013Writing since

Francesca, more informally known as Chess, studies English literature and creative writing in Central London. Born and bred in the city, she spends most of her time reading books that aren’t on her university reading list, writing manically about anything that catches her imagination and sketching tattoo designs on receipts for the overpriced London coffee that gives her the energy to get on with whatever she’s technically meant to be doing that day.

Published articles

Movie

Hello Carter

Based on the 2011 12-minute short of the same name by Anthony Wilcox, Hello Carter is both a…

By Francesca Laidlaw
Literature

Friendship by Emily Gould

One of the things about the New York novel – a choice of setting that has become a…

By Francesca Laidlaw
Literature

What Milo Saw: Virginia Macgregor talks about her beautiful debut

"As Milo shifted his head and focused in on the images through the small 'O' of his vision, he felt kind of lucky that he didn’t have to see it all." Berkshire writer Virginia Macgregor's first mainstream novel is hot off the presses: What Milo…

By Francesca Laidlaw
Movie

The Nut Job

When all else fails, insert any of the following: a joke about flatulence, a re-entry of a character…

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Album

Honeyblood – Honeyblood

Glaswegian duo Shona McVicar and Shina Tweeddale make up Honeyblood, and their self-titled debut is simultaneously refreshing and…

By Francesca Laidlaw
Album

Jon Allen – Deep River

London-based singer-songwriter Jon Allen is relentlessly compared to other artists, predominantly the folk masters of the 60s and…

By Francesca Laidlaw