The Latest Breaking News from Ernest Hemingway

Bankcrupties, as Ernest Hemingway put it, happen “in two ways — gradually and then suddenly”. That quip captures the tragi-farce playing out in the SNP. The party which rode the high horse of Scottish nationalism as the governing party at Holyrood since 2007 also captured support south of the border.…

As a major new biography about Noel Coward is published half a century on from his death, Martin Chilton looks back on the life of the trailblazing playwright with ‘a talent to amuse’

As a major new biography about Noel Coward is published half a century on from his death, Martin Chilton looks back on the life of the trailblazing playwright with ‘a talent to amuse’

Read inspirational quotes about the importance of telling the truth, overcoming challenges and striving for greatness.

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic

Adapting a book to the screen, successfully: If a reliable formula for that creative challenge existed, we wouldn’t have “The Bonfire of the Vanities” or “The Lovely Bones” or “The Great Gatsby” (any of ‘em) to kick around anymore.

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic

A fascinating study of the women who chronicled the Spanish civil war; a superb skewering of the idle rich; and the story of the debutante turned IRA activist

The novelist on his lifelong love of William Gibson, discovering Norman Lewis and making peace with Austen

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The internet is full of wonky attributions and made-up catchphrases, from real life and pop culture. Can you tell your Attenborough from your Armstrong?