Literature

He was right all along

Michael Bentley reviews The Englightenment that Failed by Jonathon Israel

Books
P is for Plum Pudding

Jonathon Green reviews A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order by Judith Flanders

Books
Brief encounters and romps in the park

George Orwell pursued women with enthusiasm and varying degrees of success

Features
Is Jane Austen getting a bum deal?

As the new Emma comes to cinema screens, Alexander Larman considers the innumerable Austen remakes over the past 25 years

Artillery Row
A full stop in Sussex

Lisa Hilton is influenced by a Booker Prize shortlisted novel as she samples gastropub grub

Eating Out
Of mice and writing advice

Tibor Fischer reviews Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk

Books
Riotous tale of a vivid life, superbly lived

Alexander Larman reviews Lady in Waiting: My extraordinary life in the shadow of the crown, by Anne Glenconner

Books
Inside Number 10

Jack Brown showcases hidden heroes, the history of the building and the famous figures who have passed through

Artillery Row Books
Might-have-been books

Do I ever regret the books I might have written? Only fleetingly.

Books
Booker prize chumps

The inside line on the book world

Literary Review