Lives and how to live them

IN the rear of her stationary motor-taxi, a young milliner reached up a careful gloved hand to pat her black-felt cloche, snug on her smart, fair curls. Constance Smart had been sitting patiently for

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I Suffer Therefore I Am: Portrait of the ...

There is a lot of pressure on the first line of a book. I imagine most authors want to be as quotable as Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley or It was the day my grandmother exploded. You may neve

Pulse Cynan Jones (Granta, £14.99) Saints Tim MacGabhann ...