Mann and the main man

To cycle up a mountain is to pedal into a world of paradoxes. Mountains are a playground and a torture chamber; a means of outdoor adventure and inner discovery; an opportunity for wonder, a guarantee

Travels in mountain country where nations have little meaning

Mark Twain and the making of an American literary revolution

A Chekhovian opera from Colin Matthews and William Boyd

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

Twenty-four TLS writers share their summer reading