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Other lives: Glasgow University professor who specialised in the study of the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus

Librarian’s detective work links three books to the world-famous author

The 27th annual Paris Photo, the world’s largest photography fair, began on 7 November at the Grand Palais. The event, this year, showcased 45 publishers presenting everything from best-selling editions to experimental Japanese "object books", and highlighting the growing, albeit niche, market for photography publications.

American author Everett and British writer Harvey have been given the shortest odds of winning the £50,000 literary prize but Ladbrokes say the ‘race is wide-open’

Who could’ve foretold that a Dune prequel without the dune would’ve been so boring?

Dystopian fare isn't the only politically inspired reading material that's flying off the shelves

The final instalment of Hilary Mantel’s masterpiece is the most intricate television you are ever likely to see. It is so beautifully made it’s breathtaking

Albert Jacka was 'Australia's greatest frontline soldier'.

Writer best known for the novel Gabriel’s Lament and a sympathetic biography of the brothel madam Cynthia Payne

A new account of the months Simpson spent in China debunks the well-worn gossip about sexual adventures and opium addiction and even invites admiration for a ‘buccaneering’ woman