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John Niven

Photo of John Niven

John Niven

  • John Niven
    Writing for the stage? I’m mad for it

    My first play, about the battle between Blur and Oasis in 1995, opened last night – and it’s transformed my view of the theatre

    Fri, 20 Feb 2026

  • John Niven
    Time has caught up on Tiger Woods – and it’s cost me

    It once looked as though the master golfer would always be a surefire bet, but an ill-advised punt has left me in the rough

    Fri, 9 Jan 2026

  • John Niven
    Christmas traditions are our greatest gift

    Why what we do at this time of the year becomes what we must do every year

    Wed, 24 Dec 2025

  • John Niven
    In my game, crime pays. Do I have it in me?

    George Orwell was right when he said that we are obsessed with murder mysteries

    Fri, 5 Dec 2025

  • John Niven
    Nobody knows me like the algorithm – and it costs me

    The internet’s uncanny ability to cater to my every desire is hitting me where it hurts: in the wallet

    Fri, 7 Nov 2025

  • John Niven
    What lethal weapon can you own at 17? A car

    My daughter’s friends are passing their driving tests. Are they ready for road? I know I wasn’t

    Fri, 17 Oct 2025

  • John Niven
    I took my seven-year-old daughter to see Jaws. You should too

    ‘Daddy Rules’ mean that my children love movies, but many of their peers struggle with long-form narratives

    Fri, 19 Sept 2025

  • John Niven
    ‘A decades-long saga of suffering’: the 20-year battle to film my novel

    The Amateurs would make a great movie. But with agents disappearing, lawyers bickering and the writer’s exasperation increasing, will the credits ever roll?

    Thu, 21 Aug 2025

  • John Niven
    The commander-in-cheat comes to Scotland

    Donald Trump’s dishonesty on a Scottish fairway has left golfing’s governing body in the rough

    Fri, 8 Aug 2025

  • John Niven
    Hi guyyyys! Just here to share my authentic self

    I was asked to ‘do more in the Instagram space’. Cue anger – and a stilted speech to camera

    Fri, 25 Jul 2025

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