Playing with history

Mark Gatiss’s star-filled new detective series Bookish is a case of mischievous fun

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

Book adaptations have never been more in demand, but can they ever really do justice to the original work? With a slew of bestsellers getting the big- or small-screen treatment, Christobel Hastings explores why the trend is good news for women

A Chekhovian opera from Colin Matthews and William Boyd

The historical crime author talks to Zoe West

In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman