How Anne Frank’s photograph became as recognisable as the Mona Lisa
To date, the diary, pieced together from Anne’s notebooks, has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, with her story further explored in plays, films and novels
Jonathan Bate weaves a memoir around madness in English literature
There is a trend for books in which academics write personally about their engagement with literature. Examples include Lara Feigel’s…
The ‘unremarkable’ life of SS officer Robert Griesinger
In October 2011 Daniel Lee was at a dinner party at which a Dutch woman told a disturbing story. It…
