Lover and hater

Zola’s vivid characters blew his theories off course

Why books that became beloved classics struggled to find their way into print

The story of England’s forgotten French art school

Icy blasts from the north have inspired French artists, writers and scientists

So close was Jean-François Millet to the humble peasants he painted that he wore clogs and coarse clothing. He was steeped in nostalgia, yet inspired avant-garde artists from van Gogh to Salvador Dalí, finds Mary Miers

ADMISSIONS SHADOW WORK Loneliness and the literary ...