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Not from round these parts: Author Lloyd Jones explores the disclocation of a young African woman
It is the lot of New Zealanders to be peripatetic, says Booker-shortlisted 'Mister Pip' author Lloyd Jones. But at least they have somewhere they can always call home – unlike the protagonist of his latest novel
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Lebanon, my Lebanon: A stirring new photography book sparks Robert Fisk’s memories
Sunday, 21 November 2010
From ancient groves where he once dodged bullets to peaceful mountain ranges, from embattled politicians to wise-cracking locals, Robert Fisk, the Independent's Middle East correspondent, finds his memories of 34 years living in Lebanon brought into poignant relief by a monumental new photography book
Living with Leo: Tolstoy's impressive dynasty
Saturday, 20 November 2010
One hundred years after his death, Tolstoy's great works live on. So do hundreds of his decendants. Holly Williams meets some of the family
One Minute With: India Knight, novelist
Friday, 19 November 2010
Book Of A Lifetime: Great Expectations, By Charles Dickens
Friday, 19 November 2010
'Great Expectations' was perhaps the first "big book" I really got through at a gallop when I was about 11. Instead of being outside, practising to open the batting for Oz, I began the novel when housebound with asthma in a Sydney suburb of no distinction. I have to say that partway through the book my reading got a fillip when, breathing easier, I saw at the local picture house the magnificent film version directed by David Lean and starring John Mills and Alex Guinness.
Bad sex please, we're British: Can fictive sex ever have artistic merit?
Friday, 19 November 2010
When the unexpurgated Penguin edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover was finally cleared of obscenity, three decades after DH Lawrence's death and a highly-publicised trial, it marked a victory for literary freedom. Those who had not already got their hands on a contraband copy rushed to exercise their right to read of Lady Constance and her gamekeeper lover, in flagrante, uttering previously unprintable words.
What does the future hold for the Inuit people of Baffin Island?
Friday, 19 November 2010
As climate change makes the Canadian Arctic more accessible, it's not only the rich natural resources that are at risk of exploitation. Stanley Johnson fears for its Inuit people
Lionel Shriver: 'Let's up our game, not exclude men'
Thursday, 18 November 2010
The only way to truly narrow the gender divide in literature is for female novelists to write some great books, says Shriver
Hubble telescope will go out in a blaze of glory
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Nick Harding: 20 years ago, few thought it would succeed. See images that proved the doubters wrong.
Any Human Heart: An affair to remember
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
William Boyd's Any Human Heart is the sprawling story of a writer's life and loves spanning the 20th century. Gerard Gilbert hears how its author adapted for TV a work that he once considered un-filmable
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