MARIE peered out of the front room window, wondering if people would be on time. And not only that – what if nobody showed? She let the net curtain drop, listening to the kettle whistling in the kitch

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

Lives and how to live them

STEP INTO THE MIND OF DOUGLAS ADAMS WITH AN IMMERSIVE NEW PRODUCTION OF THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

Iris Murdoch’s unseen poetry, transcribed for the first time

Middleland: Dispatches from the Borders Rory Stewart (Jonathan ...