Culture
Burning heritage
Are the Houses of Parliament set for the flames? Brice Stratford discusses with David Scullion
Spare us the pronouns, Sandman
The more you play along, the harder it is to distance yourself from the fallout later
Lots in translation
As the winner of the International Booker Prize is due to be announced today, ASH Smyth talks to poet, translator and judge on this year’s panel, George Szirtes
A series of sharp transactions
Anne McElvoy on how LBC branch out into podcasting and American podcasters bid for their share of British ears
Bring back the fun!
Alexander Larman writes an open letter to the artistic directors of theatres
The potting shelf
You can grow without a garden
Our Man about Town
On the merits of celebrity authors and literary book prizes
Notes on a doomed affair
Norman Lebrecht on how Marion von Weber was both interesting and important to Mahler’s emergence
Debutant novels and great expectations
John Self on debut novels that provide an insight into publishing in Britain
Mysteries of the Middle Eastern vineyard
Henry Jeffreys recommends five innovative Lebanese wines which show the potential of the country’s growing wine industry