Doctor Faustus

Christopher Marlowe, the spy who changed literature for ever

30 August 2025 4:00 am

The 16th-century playwright led a violent, tempestuous and clandestine short life but alone among his contemporaries he speaks to us in a familiar way

Abiding charms

7 October 2023 9:00 am

We seem just as captivated by magic today as our Sumerian ancestors ever were, says Suzi Feay