Following the letdown of the new adaptation of The Pursuit of Love, Alexander Larman says that TV dramatisations of classic novels haven’t always been this bad

As the BBC’s adaptation of The Pursuit of Love begins, Alexander Larman questions whether the new dramatisation will do justice to Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel

Michael Collins maps the relationship between two of the greatest writers of the American south

Blake Bailey has become the latest figure to allegedly fall foul of the uncompromising moral standards of American publishing

From seedy sex clubs to the streets of Paris: Jeremy Black selects British Library Crime Classics to enjoy over the May Bank Holiday

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a long-dead author who is beloved by millions will, eventually, find themselves dragged into controversy

Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about Jane Austen and the social and political world she inhabited

Without school libraries, boys and girls will grow up in households where the idea of owning books, or even borrowing, seems an increasingly fantastical one

The Grand National and the culture of horseracing in art and literature

Placing the poems of Pre-Raphaelite muse Elizabeth Siddal in context