Bleak House
The year of living decisively: The Turning Point, by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, reviewed
We tend to think of turning points as single moments of change — Saul on the road to Damascus or…
ITV’s Midwinter of the Spirit is a satisfying example of Middle-England Gothic
For years, Ian Fleming was famously self-deprecating about the James Bond books. (‘I have a rule of not looking back,’…
The greatest novel in English – and how to drink it
Which is the greatest novel in the English language? Let us review the candidates: Clarissa, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, The…