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The Alhambra may be Spain’s most visited monument, but it’s the quieter, less showy side of Granada that fascinates novelist Victoria Hislop. I have now been to Granada in every season and all weather conditions, on days when...
Have the novels on the Best of the Booker shortlist retained their freshness? The celebrations continue on Thursday, with the announcement of the Best of the Booker: the novel that in the opinion of the public has been the...
Kate Colquhoun reviews D H Lawrence and Frieda; Portrait of Love and Loyalty by Michael Squires and Uncommon Arrangements by Katie Roiphe That a great deal of private theatre can be found behind its very public state may be the...
What was the Emperor Hadrian actually like? A new British Museum exhibition gives glimpses. By Martin Gayford Feeling that his life was ebbing away, the Emperor Hadrian composed a letter to his successor around AD137. Hadrian:...
John Mullan on Iain Banks's debunking of the 'noble savage' in The Wasp Factory Saturday July 5, 2008 The Guardian Of course Iain Banks wanted to give us some horror. The infamous maggots scene in The Wasp Factory - explaining...
