Books

The cultural revolution's factions have a disconcertingly contemporary feel.

The death-haunted yet lyrical, joyful and moving poet for a new generation.

A ‘fashionable goodness’ lay at the heart of the author and her writing.

Seeing through a rebel angel’s eyes opens up some surprising new angles on...

At the start of a new year, Bishop Graham Tomlin looks back over his...

Reading an award-winning children’s book challenges Elizabeth Wainwright...

A nervy, precarious read echoes the lives of outsiders across Europe. Simon...

A biography lacking in personal anecdotes, makes up for it with a profound...

Just over 200 years ago, Jane Austen died on July 18 1817. Not happy with...

What is the nature of a human soul? Marilynne Robinson has sought to re...

Elizabeth Day’s Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict.

"We are culture making creatures", says Francis Spufford, on the latest...