Royal Literary Fund Fellows

RLF Fellow at Penryn

Rupert Loydell is a poet, editor and reviewer. He is the editor of Stride magazine and a contributing editor for International Times. He has many books of poems in print, mostly from Shearsman Books and KFS, and has also writes about post-punk music, David Lynch, Brian Eno, collaboration, pedagogy and poetry  for academic journals and books. 

Rupert has previously worked at the Universities of Warwick, Bath, Plymouth and Falmouth, and run workshops and courses  for the Arvon Foundation, Tate St Ives and schools throughout the South West. He has lived in Cornwall for the last 20 years, although he still misses London where he grew up. 

To book a session, please send an email to the address below and Rupert will send you information about how to book.  He is available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in term time. 

Rupert’s office: Peter Lanyon Building, Room A139

Rupert’s email: rupert.loydell@rlfeducation.org.uk    

RLF Fellow at Exeter
 
Orlando Murrin is a food writer, editor and author of two acclaimed crime novels, Knife Skills for Beginners and Murder Below Deck. Introducing sometime chef and reluctant sleuth Paul Delamare, Knife Skills was shortlisted for four national awards, including the inaugural McDermid Debut award, and Crime Fiction Lover and Fingerprint awards.
 
Before writing fiction, he was a magazine journalist and editor of Woman & Home and BBC Good Food; in 2004 he founded Olive. He has also written six cookbooks, including A Table in the Tarn, a recipe-memoir about his experience of setting up a hotel in rural France, and the popular Two’s Company series. For five years he was President of the Guild of Food Writers and in 2025 received its highest accolade, its outstanding  achievement award. He writes regularly for Waitrose Weekend, the Times and Telegraph. 
 
Orlando’s interest in crime and murder was sparked by his grandfather, who was a Met detective and later a crack interrogator  for MI5. After reading English at Cambridge, his first job was as classical music sub-editor at Radio Times; he’s also worked as an advertising copywriter, restaurant pianist and chef. He has taught courses in fiction and memoir writing for the Arvon Foundation and National Trust and has a diploma in coaching and mentoring from the Institute of Counselling. 
 
To book a session, please send an email to the address below and Orlando will send you information about how to book. He is available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in term time.  
 
Orlando’s office:  Queens’ Building, Room 310/Room 301

Orlando’s email: orlando.murrin@rlfeducation.org.uk