Mann and the main man

Muriel Spark’s irrepressible creative drive

What supernatural folklore reveals about human nature

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When gossip and rumour led to the trial of two Prussian pastors

A luxury spa hotel in the Bavarian Alps, where a day of mountain views and gourmet food is topped by a world-class concert? Schloss Elmau, south of Munich near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, seems a positive

As an occultist, novelist, painter, poet and magician, Aleister Crowley was notorious as a master of the dark arts. He’s less well known for his short but pioneering climbing career.