Rising sun

A happy band of travellers goes in search of a lost Japan

Lives and how to live them

TLS contributors choose their favourites

Mythical country: the fantasy writer tells us about her new novel

December round-up Although he’s been writing and performing for many years, Donald WG Lindsay might come across as a bold new Scottish talent on Two Boats Under the Moon, his excellent two-disc debut

Spooky tales that resurrect the mythological past