How Taylor Swift became a femme fatale … with a little help from Sylvia Plath
If Swift's new single is anything to go by, the poet and the former 'pop princess' have an awful lot in common.
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Sylvia Plath: just because she wrote about her life doesn’t mean it’s public property
The poet's letters to her former therapist will be published later this year. How far is this an invasion of her privacy?
How the last man to see Sylvia Plath alive was punished for his quiet homosexuality
The story of Trevor Thomas.
When writing biography, should any part of a life be off-limits?
After Jonathan Bate, in his recent biography of Ted Hughes, wrote about Hughes' salacious sex life, a number of critics – including Janet Malcolm – were quick to pounce.
Five dark literary Christmases that don’t involve Ebeneezer Scrooge
Dicken's great anti-hero has monopolised festive literature for too long. Here are the alternative takes on the season of goodwill that you have been missing.
Not Ted, but Frieda Hughes: on life, love, death and public property
At the opening night of her private view and book launch, poet and artist Frieda Hughes appeared at the door of the Belgravia Gallery in Mayfair, a small but striking figure in a pillarbox-red suit. In…
We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover
Last week, Penguin released a 50th-anniversary edition of Roald Dahl’s classic novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – to an astonishingly negative reception. Die-hard Dahl fans on Twitter were scathing…
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