Writer and musician
Gigs to watch out for:
Tim Whitehead, Alan's friend, is currently Artist in Residence at Tate Britain. They will be collaborating on a show there later in the year. Meanwhile, scroll down for details of their latest collaboration with jazz singer Kathleen Willison. More here.
For the best in folk and roots music, find Vetta and Franks on iTunes. Follow Alan on Twitter. And why not join the Vetta and Franks appreciation group on Facebook!
Wednesday 30 June: Read Alan's interview with Andy Murray, online here for the first time.
Monday 20 April: Alan interviews Professor Brian Cox 'at the outer edge of plausibility.'
Monday 23 March: Read John the Present , the first of four new poems in Alan's Alan's poetry section.
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Sunday 22 March: Read Alan's interview with Welsh 'sex bomb' Tom Jones. Saturday 7 March.
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'When you go up to collect your award, you can either winslett or your can rourke.'
Read Alan's article published exclusively on this site on meeting Mickey Rourke. See also Alan's interview with Mickey Rourke published in The Times
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Thursday 5 March, St Peran's Day.
Alan's interview with Michael Morpurgo about his production War Horse is now on the site.
War Horse is about to transfer to the West End.
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Sunday 1 March
Check out Alan Franks' wonderful analysis of The English Village.
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Sunday 8 February
Are you on Facebook? Join the Vetta and Franks appreciation group and keep up with new gigs, videos and music from Alan and Patty.
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On this website for the first time, read Alan's award-winning novella 'Going Over'
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Read Alan Franks on the on the art of creative writing in the new section of his website that will be devoted to his many plays and other fiction.
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Saturday 7 February
Read Alan's interview with the 'French Sinatra'
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Thursday 15 January
Read Alan's recent article about the Crouch End Festival Chorus.
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Below is Alan and Patty's song about the last crash on Wall Street, strangely pertinent to today's financial crisis: 'The Day it Started Raining Millionaires on Wall Street.'
This is one of the songs they sang, with lyrics by Alan:
Listen to the others here.
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