Calcutta
A fully engaged life
From Bengali schoolboy to citizen of the world – Amartya Sen’s autobiography is a joy, says Philip Hensher
Wild life
England We dropped off our daughter Eve at her new school in the Midlands and started the long journey…
Rags, riches and respectability
In a grand history of the British empire — because that is what this book really is — you might…
Stirrings of mutiny
Mysore, once the capital of a princely kingdom in South India, has lost its lustre. In Mahesh Rao’s darkly comic…
Crossing continents
‘Brown is very good — no Cameron. David Cameron no good,’ he said. Just in case we weren’t sure what…
