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The Indelible Terror of the Cruelty of Children

Sixty years ago I was subjected to systematic verbal and physical abuse by a boy called Michael. I have never forgotten the fear I felt

November 27, 2012

Features·Literature

A Pilgrimage Through Paddy’s London

Devotees of Patrick Leigh Fermor celebrate the charismatic writer and adventurer with a tour of his Mayfair haunts

November 27, 2012

Features·Literature

The Long Life of a Charming Nomad

In her biography of Patrick Leigh Fermor, Artemis Cooper tells the compelling story of an extraordinary career

November 27, 2012

Features·Literature

The Master in Miami

Tom Wolfe isn't at his best for all of Back to Blood, but at his best he's the finest novelist working today

October 25, 2012

Books·Literature

Lunch With J.K.

In 1997 Harry Potter was fresh and exciting, the brainchild of a passionate author then the movie studios moved in and the magic was lost

October 23, 2012

Counterpoints·Literature

Nasty Business

Paradoxically, what is lost in the translation of Leviathan from English to Latin, reveals the real meaning of Hobbes's most quoted passage

October 23, 2012

Counterpoints·Literature

The Dreyfus Affair Of Our Age

Salman Rushdie's account of the life under a fatwa highlights the moral cowardice of establishment figures of the Left and the Right

October 23, 2012

Books·Literature

What’s in a Name?

In Literary Names, Alastair Fowler describes the surprising ways authors have christened their characters

September 25, 2012

Books·Literature

The Spy Who Tricked Me

Ian McEwan's new novel Sweet Tooth is a brilliant exercise in deception

September 25, 2012

Books·Literature

Not for the Fastidious

Nicola Barker's The Yips is a mass-casualty train wreck. Pity her martyred readers

September 25, 2012

Books·Literature

Eliot Agonistes: Letters to and from the editor

The latest volume of T.S. Eliot's letters provide agreeable shocks and reveals the travails of both his professional and love lives

September 25, 2012

Critique·Literature

Barmy Weather

Flipping the world on its axis, moon dwellers and giant canons? A new translation of a lost Jules Verne masterpiece of course

September 25, 2012

Counterpoints·Literature

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