Chocolate-box philosophy

Every journey begins with the first step, so why are we so impatient to get to the destination, asks Yasmina Floyer

Don’t write what you know; write what you love. Writing my first novel, Lady MacBethad, was like the bursting of a pipe. The words gushed out of me, and the story flew onto the page with a kind of fre

What questions should today’s writers and artists be asking? Responses from authors at the Hay Festival and the TLS

Wise, world-weary and occasionally cynical, proverbs mirror the human experience and remain remarkably insightful today, discovers Matthew Dennison

Photography | Nur Demirbaş A bird does not sing ...

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