Books
A land of delectable paradoxes
How H.V. Morton deepened and enriched British perceptions of Wales
Tales of Gallipoli
New books keep history alive, as it should be
A masquerade of Rawlsian liberalism
An interesting but unconvincing Rawlsian case for socialism
First-night nerves
Books, beaches and a beloved bullet
Puckish polymath
Italo Calvino’s imagination spanned the cosmos but his concerns were very human
Lewis the prophet
The Narnia author deserves to be remembered as a seer and a sage
Meeting the masses
With scant audiences and paltry remuneration, author’s tours can be far from glamorous
Bookshop serendipity
A bibliophile carries books like memories
A forgotten British great: Smelfungus
Now languishing in undeserved obscurity, Tobias Smollett should be remembered
The elegant extremist
Ian McEwan has always tempered his shocking stories with polished prose