MICHAEL MORPURGO: In that war that it really happened. When the war began, I think there was still, amongst all sides, this notion that it was a campaign thing. You went on campaigns.

With Steven Spielberg about to film War Horse and a stage production of Farm Boy opening in Edinburgh, things are looking good for the author Michael Morpurgo. The former children's laureate is no ...

Michael Morpurgo opened his remarks at the Winspear Opera House last Thursday with a joke about JR’s Dallas. He was very disappointed that Larry Hagman hadn’t greeted him at the airport and ...

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo has written a new play about the Christmas truce of the First World War. His latest work focuses on the football match played by German and British troops on no ...

With novels including War Horse and Private Peaceful to his name, Sir Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain's best loved children's writers. The author, 80, has published dozens of books in a career ...

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo is a modern classic, highlighting the horror and futility of war and is a staple of classrooms across the country. But the book had inauspicious beginnings, selling only ...

Inspired by Sir Michael Morpurgo’s best-selling novel, the National Theatre’s acclaimed production of War Horse is returning to The Lowry as part of a UK tour. Vicky Edwards talks to the award ...

WHEN he was 19, writer Michael Morpurgo was sitting with his mother watching Great Expectations on the TV when she turned to him and told him the man playing Magwitch was his father.

The phenomenal War Horse is galloping into Belfast next year for its long-awaited Northern Ireland premiere. Gail Bell spoke to award-winning author Michael Morpurgo on whose beloved book the hit ...

Michael Morpurgo’s beloved book War Horse burst from its binding a long time ago, morphing from children’s novel to a Tony and Olivier award-winning play, a radio drama and a Steven Spielberg ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Spring, a new seasonal diary by Michael Morpurgo, begins with a gruesome murder. The scene of the crime is ...