In his latest novel, Andrew O'Hagan characterises almost every aspect of his society as broadly criminal, in one sense or another.
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In Byatt’s fiction, northern locations become emblems of the climate crisis and of how human actions have detrimental effects on the whole planet.
‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ is now a treasured Christmas classic, but it didn’t start life that way – not in the UK, at least.
In this tender, thought-provoking novel, an award-winning writer explores the ambivalence that often attends female friendship.
Christie used her Belgian sleuth to unpick ideas of England and Englishness.
A new film version of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden opens today. First published in 1911, the novel foregrounds Edwardian beliefs about the importance of gardens that still resonate.
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