Rock’n'roll’s literary love-in
Camille Paglia has written gushingly about pop singer Adele, but she's not the only writer to pen glowing words about their favourite starCamille Paglia penned a gushing tribute to Adele at the weekend: "With her womanly dignity and her primal imagery ...
What are your favourite Pulp lyrics?
Musicians and poets pick their favourite lines from Pulp songsJarvis Cocker's lyrical genius has always been a big part of Pulp's excellence. Finding inspiration in Sheffield's teenage bedrooms, decaying flats in London's East End and, of course, whil...
New insults enter language
Pay attention, all you propeller-heads …The 12th edition of the Chambers Dictionary, published on Thursday, features a new miscellany of linguaphile-pleasing lists. Particularly entertaining is a compendium of insults – never has cursing been so cr...
Summer reads: One Day by David Nicholls
I read this on a rooftop overlooking Athens – but thanks to its superb evocation of Britain in the 90s, I was right back homeFor me, holidays are as much about literature as location. Although I like reading books that are relevant to my destination ...
Maggie O’Farrell, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Julie Myerson on working around parenthood
'Only the things that are important make it to the page'Maggie O'Farrell, novelist and mother of twoEveryone who is expecting their first child has a certain degree of anxiety, because you don't really know what it's going to be like. And nothing ...
