The Prisoner

Only prigs and bores could object to the incongruity of Portmeirion

11 April 2026 9:00 am

With its colonnade, campaniles and ice-cream colours, Clough Williams-Ellis’s fantasy brings a touch of the Italian Riviera to north Wales

The lives of the artists — and other mysteries

15 August 2015 9:00 am

Benjamin Wood’s first novel, The Bellwether Revivals, was published in 2012, picked up good reviews, was shortlisted for the Costa…

Real life

18 October 2014 9:00 am

My London flat now has so little space in it I’ve begun storing stuff at the dry cleaners. Back in…