Few writers have had as profound an impact on young readers as Michael Morpurgo. With more than 150 books to his name, the former Children’s Laureate has a remarkable ability to craft stories ...

Spring, a new seasonal diary by Michael Morpurgo, begins with a gruesome murder. The scene of the crime is the writer’s own home in the village of Iddesleigh, an hour from Exeter, in the deep ...

The actress and writer gets the drama gong at the festival where she is speaking about her novel.

So writes Michael Morpurgo, the children’s author behind such classics as War Horse and Private Peaceful. And it’s the English countryside that has inspired his writing as much as anything ...

During the visit, Morpurgo attended a party organised by Putin’s first wife, now known as Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, as an international gathering of children’s librarians. Speaking to The Times ...

Colette Hand reviews The National Theatre production of War Horse at The Bristol Hippodrome running until 21 June 2025. Based ...

Sir Michael Morpurgo has said the Government’s changes to inheritance tax are “completely wrong”. The author told the Sunday ...

War Horse, based on the 1982 Michael Morpurgo novel, is a theatrical powerhouse. It played more than 3,000 performances over seven years in the West End, winning multiple Olivier Awards, in addition ...

Michael Morpurgo has opened up about feeling notably uneasy after attending a “strange” event with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. The author, 81, who’s best known for his children ...