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The novelist’s afterlife of St Cuthbert spans centuries and volumes, making for a vibrant alternative history of the region

The classicist on life on the culture wars’ frontline, what she owes her mother – and how pizza shaped her TV career

The architects of the 2003 invasion promised change and democracy. This book shatters western assumptions, shows the effect on Iraqis of cycles of violence – and offers cautious hope

It was an exciting evening at Taj Palace, New Delhi this Sunday as the audience witnessed a heart-warming celebration of Indian women writers on the occasion of AutHer Awards 2023 winner announcements. The AutHer Awards, a joint venture between The Times of India and JK Paper, celebrates women authors who…

MARKED “DRACULA”, the dusty old box lay in Louise Fyfe’s attic in her Ayrshire home for years.

For so long, it seemed that readers were only interested in the experiences of people like me if we were traumatised, not triumphant – and I internalised this as an indisputable fact

The former children’s laureate cited Lineker during a speech to hundreds of anti-racism protesters in Whitehall.

The novelist on his latest book, a Charles Manson-inspired work written in slang, his love of the band Mogwai and the trials of sorting post for Royal Mail

Richard Cohen’s Making History returned me to the childhood ecstasy of leafing through my first encyclopaedia