What really changes our way of appreciating and consuming culture, however, is the concept of time, which has changed over the decades. On one end there’s “Tarkovsky-time”, and on the ...
From an attempt to illustrate every page of Finnegans Wake to the books we’re given as presents, six bookish blogs we love. Continue Reading Six Themed Lit Blogs ...
I’ll admit it. The last time I visited Achilles and the Trojan War wasn’t in Homer’s The Iliad; it was in Troy—that golden, glinting Hollywood creation full of brawn and ...
The Stoke Newington Literary Festival, which has been running since 2010, is distinguished from other literary festivals by its eclectic programme. It carries the expectations of its place on its ...
It was the enigmatic murmur of a “Bacchanal Brew” on the menu that first intrigued me. A three-course meal based on Donna Tartt’s hugely successful 1992 ...
In an interview with PEN at the London Book Fair on Monday, Chang said, “What I’m very pleased about is that 21 years on, Wild Swans stands on its feet. It has stood ...
Jung Chang’s Wild Swans, her own family saga, celebrates its 21st birthday this year. In her interview with PEN at the Fair, when she was asked what it does for her now, reading ...
