Alex wheatle

What makes a novel of ideas?

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer. But like many daughters of immigrant parents, I followed the safer path. I became a management consultant. I wore suits, talked strategy, and bu

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

A person of note tells us what they’re watching, listening to and more...

Bourgeois chronicler of multicultural London who tended to deify black foreigners and demonise native whites

Jeremy Atherton Lin is an essayist who captures the queer status quo in his thought-provoking writings. His first book, Gay Bar, was a cultural history that explored why clubbing is so central to the