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Ronan Bennett

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Ronan Bennett is a novelist and screenwriter who was born and brought up in Northern Ireland and now lives in London. His third novel, The Catastrophist, was nominated for the Whibread award in 1998. Havoc, in Its Third Year (2004) was listed for the Booker prize. His latest novel is Zugzwang. His television drama Top Boy will be broadcast by Channel 4 in November 2011.

December 2024

  • Eddie Redmayne as Alexander Duggan in a scene from the TV adaptation of The Day of the Jackal.

    A vulnerable assassin and a tech bro target: how I put a modern spin on cult 1970s thriller to make The Jackal

    Screenwriter Ronan Bennett on his mission to adapt Frederick Forsyth’s novel for the hit TV show starring Eddie Redmayne

December 2019

  • Jeremy Corbyn in 1984

    double quotation markThe Corbyn I know is a rare thing – warm, decent and interested in justice

    Ronan Bennett
    Throughout his life, the Labour leader has striven to create a better society for everyone in Britain

August 2019

  • Kane Walters and Ashley Robinson in the new series of Top Boy.

    Autumn arts preview 2019
    Ronan Bennett: ‘Top Boy was special to me... I poured it all into the scripts’

    Thanks to Drake and Netflix, it’s back

June 2017

  • Two women carrying Vote Labour banner, one shaking hands with Jeremy Corbyn

    double quotation markHow did Corbyn stun his critics? Because he actually cares about people

    Ronan Bennett
    With poverty and inequality at shocking levels under the Tories, nobody should be surprised that the public backed Labour at the polls

September 2016

  • Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell.

    double quotation markJeremy Corbyn has been on the right side of history for 30 years. That’s real leadership

    Ronan Bennett
    The damning verdict on David Cameron’s war in Libya further vindicates the Labour party’s ‘worst leader ever’

September 2015

  • Jeremy Corbyn labour leader

    double quotation markJeremy Corbyn won. Handle it better

    Ronan Bennett
    As delegates gather for the Labour party conference, those tempted to plot against their new leader should beware – they will not lightly be forgiven

January 2012

  • chess

    Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    The great escape

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    Chess: Turning the tide

December 2011

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    Chess: Working the variations

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    Chess: Why resign with two queens?

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    Chess: The lessons of Botvinnik

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    Chess: Carlsen's sublime plan

November 2011

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    Chess: Cheeky opening play

    The bold Armenian Levon Aronian is one to watch out for at the London Chess Classic, as this unusual game shows

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    And our chess book of the year is…

    The laid-back style of Jeremy Silman's How To Reassess Your Chess is deceptive: this is an excellent compendium of practical match play

    • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
      Chess: Pure Karpov

    • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
      Chess: The battle of Kasparov's pupils

    • Author, author
      Ronan Bennett: in the Arab film lab

October 2011

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    Lasker's tenacious defence

    This game from the legendary 1914 St Petersburg tournament shows a chess great at his best

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    Chess: A horrible way to lose

    Losing by oversight is particularly painful; here's an example of failing to appreciate the power of a lateral defence

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
    Chess: the bishop sacrifice

    The latest contender for chess book of the year examines the intricacies of the ever-tempting bishop sacrifice

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