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The husband and wife who translated Kafka and other German masters
Muriel Spark led an implausible life. Born into straitened circumstances in Edinburgh as the First World War came to an end, she shone at school before moving to one of the least glamorous corners of
A revelatory history of Scottish verse, from Columba to Carol Ann Duffy
SPIRITS MAFALDA QUINO Translated by Frank Wynne ...
Words can be all-powerful, as these three couples discovered. They reveal the romantic and unusual ways books brought them together…
A tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa, chronicler of failed utopias
PAPA! Papa, come on!” Small fingers pull at Will’s hand. He looks down at his four-year-old daughter. She is heading towards the cottage, intent on getting home to her mother. “Go ahead, Mercy,” Will