In the mountain’s shadow

Eight narratives revolve around a strange weather effect

BOHEMIANS A BLOOMSBURY INGÉNUE The lives ...

What supernatural folklore reveals about human nature

As an occultist, novelist, painter, poet and magician, Aleister Crowley was notorious as a master of the dark arts. He’s less well known for his short but pioneering climbing career.

A portrait of a Bavarian town gripped by National Socialism

Muriel Spark’s irrepressible creative drive