Thomas Woodham-Smith breaks the antique shop silence

Compared to his peers, Evelyn Waugh has not had the range or quality of adaptations that he deserves

More and more books are published but life is hard for the aspiring writer

Mary Wollstonecraft’s statue is a failed attempt to depict an “everywoman”

Joseph Connolly treasures his friendship with his literary hero

Susan Hill’s story remains one of the most pervasively unsettling tales in the English ghost story tradition

Dominic Hilton reminisces on his past few weeks in the lively Argentinian capital

After months of misery and lockdowns, the prospect of losing Christmas would be disastrous for so many

Who was the “real” Sean Connery?

Mademoiselle was not much of a composer, too set on correct form to allow the flight of inspiration