Necrolog

It was a hot day in one of the hottest and most uncomfortable summers of recent years. I was standing in a small upstairs bedroom of a house on the outskirts of a modern estate in the borough of South

Actor, presenter and writer Sir Tony Robinson shares his love of words and the books that have moved and entertained him

The weekend of 5-7 September marked the inaugural Strange Days Festival of Forteana. Organiser Matt Page’s promise of ‘The most extraordinary weekend of your life’ was spot-on. Strange Days took place

Reading Laura Mauro’s “Japanese Toilet Ghosts” [FT459:30-35], reminded me of a less well known fear in the Western world, which –according to the modern rabbinical Internet resource site TheTorah.com

Playwright of dazzling wit and complex ideas Sir ...

MIKE BUBBINS and SIAN GIBSON on how retro Tony Mammoth causes more mayhem in the modern world