Rejoice with trembling

In July 1575, Robert Dudley enlisted mythological figures to convince Elizabeth I to wed him. Exactly 450 years later, artist Lindsey Mendick reveals how and why she reinterpreted their encounter in her installation for Kenilworth Castle

What makes a novel of ideas?

The Möbius Book Catherine Lacey (Granta, £16.99) ...

The poet’s exasperation with his provincial upbringing

Serial part 1

The flip side of a fractured relationship