Who’s who

Much to his own wife’s relief, author Peter Swanson has just used his imagination — and a love of Hitchcock — to fire his latest thriller about a failing marriage

That threatened thrones

Why books that became beloved classics struggled to find their way into print

There’s a bit of a spooky feel to this month’s proceedings. Our cover story concerns the notorious Kentish village of Pluckley, frequently cited in the press and popular ghost books as “the most haunt

ADMISSIONS SHADOW WORK Loneliness and the literary ...

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight