Recently, a famous writer posted a photo of Charles Dickens's desk on display at the New York Public Library. Looking at the photo I got the same feeling as when I'd seen Donald Bradman's bats in ...

Essays on the Writer’s Desk (University of Minnesota Press). Q. What prompted you to focus on neatness? A. For me, thinking in print feels so chaotic that I need to create order everywhere else ...

It's been almost a year since writer Evie Christie started her Desk Space blog, which posts photos of the myriad places where authors sit down to ply their trade. I thought it was time to ...

Oscar Wilde's antique Davenport desk is to be auctioned. It is a true relic that tells the story of one of the most ...

Why hadn’t I tackled another draft? Maybe it was the lack of a real, official desk that left me uninspired. In 22 years of being a professional writer, I had never put much thought into my work ...

Museum visitors will be asked whether they believe the piece of furniture really was Dr Johnson's desk The desk of the writer Dr Samuel Johnson is to be returned to his former London home for the ...

The desk of the writer Dr Samuel Johnson is to be returned to his former London home for the first time in more than 260 years. Except, in a strange twist, its owner is now uncertain whether it ...