The ghost of Muriel Spark
In her work and life the writer was obsessed with biography – but when she authorised her own she loathed…
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English literature’s last stand
Stefan Collini’s new book explores why such a prestigious academic discipline finds itself on the margins of modern society.
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Geoff Dyer’s English journey
The writer on family, class and life lessons from a decade in America.
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How Russia became a franchise of the Wagner Group
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s coup was the beginning, not the end of a new age of mercenary conflict.
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We are all Mrs Dalloway now
For Virginia Woolf, stream of consciousness was a method. Now, it’s a way of life.
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The revenge of the young male novelist
Can good writing solve our crisis of masculinity?
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Sharing a bed with Edmund White
Epic sexual promiscuity was the key to White’s literary output.
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The People’s Republic of iPhone
How Apple unwittingly assisted China’s global technological dominance.
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