Lone wolf or pack animal?

This month’s story, ‘The Surrogate’ by Tessa Hadley, is a study of two men through the eyes of one woman. The title suggests that one man is a surrogate for the other, but is it as simple as that? As

An old man lives at the bottom of my garden. His name is Robert Barkus, or Bakehouse, or Bagust. Nobody is quite sure. But I often sense him around when I’m gardening, and I’ve found out a fair bit ab

“I am a Member of our funny little ...

‘ Knives Out meets Thursday Murder Club ’

The lives of Clara and Nancy are worlds apart – but is it time for them to finally live out their dream?

Late stories of a self-styled ‘arguer with the world’