IMPERSONAL INTERVIEWS: Keith Woodhouse, author of Selected Works

I haven’t read the book. I haven’t Googled the author. I haven’t tailored the interview questions or limited the word count. This is a raw, unfiltered, impersonal interview. Prepare to meet Keith Woodhouse, author of Selected Works.

Also included below is a short film made by Keith and a link through to his musical discography on Spotify. Check it out!

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Q: What is the title of your book?
A: Keith Woodhouse, Selected Works, available on Amazon £6.99.

Q: Why did you choose this title?
A: It seemed to be a classical, traditional title for a small collection.

Q: Why did you write the book?
A: To prove that I am clever.

Q: And why now?
A: It was actually published by Pegasus in 2021 although up to that time several people claimed that they were expecting a book from me , I wrote my first poem when I was fifteen, I am now sixty.

Q: What are your politics/values?
A: I believe in God, the universe, telepathy and the zodiac.

Q: When was the last time you climbed a tree?
A: Aged 18 after a drunk night in Penzance.

Q: What was the worst decision you ever made?
A: Not to join the police when I was 18.

Q: What do you need to survive?
A: Cigarettes.

Q: How do you nourish yourself on a psychological level?
A: I take therapeutic medication and of course writing helps.

Q: Do you have a favourite place? Where is it?
A: My parents house in Botallack near st.Just in Cornwall but sadly it has been sold now. I loved it there and spent a good 22 years before leaving home.

Q: Have you ever written a song? If so, describe your sound.
A: I have written 40 songs-Folk/Folk Rock/Rock and Punk my tracks can be heard on spotify under my name.

Q: What is the biggest thing you’ve personally destroyed?
A: A clay bust of my head that I made in a ceramist class in chelsea. It was a beauty and I smashed it up.

Q: What is your favourite item of clothing?
A: A multi-coloured jacket.

Q: If you could meet an historical figure for a chat and a beverage, who would it be and why, and what would the beverage be?
A: Bob Dylan for coffee because he is totally amazing.

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About the Author

Keith Woodhouse says: “I can quote at length from WH Auden, Dylan Thomas and Shakespeare. I have memorised roughly 150 lines of academic knowledge. My father was given the CBE for art and his brother, Micheal Hilton wrote for the Telegraph for thirty years. I would have made a journalist if things had gone down the right roads. My life got off to a good start (with two grade A ‘A’ levels), six months at London University and six months at art school. But following a serious psychotic breakdown in Brighton in 1988 I served twenty three years as a patient in psychiatric hospitals and twelve years in a care home where I am allowed out all day and consort with other intellectuals.”

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