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ny potential reader of A Glastonbury Romance is likely to be put off initially by its sheer size: this brick of a book runs to more than 1,100 pages, containing almost half a million words. Some autho

ince they were written almost a century ago, John Cowper Powys’s novels have lost none of their ability to amaze, inspire, horrify, perplex, and at times, disappoint. Although he liked to identify as

Glastonbury, in the Somerset Levels, might bring to mind crystal healing and ley lines, but away from the town wildlife flourishes. Our campsite was perfectly placed, close to both the RSPB’s Ham Wall

Beckie Burr has taken the internet by storm with her atmospheric images of ancient sites. The photographer tells Gemma Padley what drives her to make such dramatic images and why she doesn’t plan to stop any time soon

In this issue of FT we present a profile of one of Britain’s odder literary greats: John Cowper Powys. Powys was a strange man and a strange writer, producing utterly singular, doorstop-sized novels o

An archæological mystery, first noticed accidentally due to aerial photography in 1933, is etched across the hillside of Monte Sierpe (Serpent Mountain) in the Pisco Valley in southern Peru. It takes