Our Island’s Storytelling
How Britain discovered a lucrative new role as a global cultural powerhouse
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Chelsea Or Montmartre?
The artists and writers who pursued the muse in fin-de-siècle London and Paris
The Sons Also Rise
What is it like to grow up as the child of a dictator?
Found In Translation
One of the greatest writers of short stories is finally getting his English-language dues
Bibliophiles Beware: Online Prices Are A Lottery
The internet bookselling market appears to be based on nothing more than whim
A Steppe In The Right Direction
Patrick Marber cuts Turgenev back to the essentials while Cumberbatch triumphs in a muddled Hamlet
Scraping and Scumbling
A Tate retrospective of Frank Auerbach’s work reveals a man doggedly committed to his art
Beauty Of The Beast
Rembrandt Bugatti showed the very soul of his animal subjects