'There'll be a pandemic of art about the pandemic'

The author David Mitchell spoke to Rebecca Jones ahead of the publication of his latest novel, Utopia Avenue, which charts the rise of a British rock band from Soho clubs to stardom in the United States in the late nineteen sixties. The book was delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak and will now be published on 14th July. The award-winning writer of novels including Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks said: "I'm not sure we'll ever be writing anything that hasn't got a whiff or a shade or a colour of the pandemic for the rest of our lives." Credit: Getty Images