Stifled in suburbia
Growing up, Michele Hanson was often embarrassed by her parents, who liked to be raucous and rude. It's only now, half a century on, that she may have worked out whyA few years ago, at Christmas, I rang an old friend who I'd known for more than 50 year...
The Pop Up Book of Poo by Gaby Goldsack – review
'We recommend this book to 6-8 year old boys who love gross things!'The Pop Up Book Of Poo was a fun read for my little brother Robert, who is six. He loved me reading it to him and we found it really interesting. Did you know that a goose does a poo e...
Why Rushdie’s voice was silenced in Jaipur
A planned videolink with Rushdie at the Jaipur Literary Festival presented the directors with an impossible decision: cause a riot or uphold a vital principleOn Tuesday afternoon this week I was faced with one of the most difficult decisions I have eve...
My hero: Nadine Gordimer by Tessa Hadley
'No one writes as well as Gordimer about the conscientious unease of privilege'I have a few heroes among living authors – but I've chosen the one who came first, the one who made a bridge for me into the present, out of my love of the classic writing...
My hero: Nadine Gordimer by Tessa Hadley
'No one writes as well as Gordimer about the conscientious unease of privilege'I have a few heroes among living authors – but I've chosen the one who came first, the one who made a bridge for me into the present, out of my love of the classic writing...
John Mullan’s 10 of the best: nightmares
Drugged visions from the opium eater, Harry Potter's horrors sent by Voldemort … and other things that go bump in the nightClarissa by Samuel Richardson Before a tryst with seductive Robert Lovelace, Clarissa has a terrible dream warning her against ...
John Mullan’s 10 of the best: nightmares
Drugged visions from the opium eater, Harry Potter's horrors sent by Voldemort … and other things that go bump in the nightClarissa by Samuel Richardson Before a tryst with seductive Robert Lovelace, Clarissa has a terrible dream warning her against ...
Calling George
I'm asked all the time 'Did you ever in a million years think George Clooney would star in the movie based on your book?'It's a question I get asked all the time. In fact I know when it's coming. I see it on people's faces, this manic glimmer: "Did you...
Calling George
I'm asked all the time 'Did you ever in a million years think George Clooney would star in the movie based on your book?'It's a question I get asked all the time. In fact I know when it's coming. I see it on people's faces, this manic glimmer: "Did you...
Great American novelist
Leonard is regarded as the greatest American crime writer, surpassing even Raymond Chandler. But it is time to drop the qualification of genreThe best novelists create a world around the reader. You can feel it bubbling up in irrepressible invention. S...
Great American novelist
Leonard is regarded as the greatest American crime writer, surpassing even Raymond Chandler. But it is time to drop the qualification of genreThe best novelists create a world around the reader. You can feel it bubbling up in irrepressible invention. S...
