Long Road From Jarrow: a revolutionary tale of long-distance protest
Stuart Maconie tells the story of the men who marched from Tyneside to London.
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Bold frogs, helpful dogs and teen spies: the best children’s books for the summer
From toddlers to discerning teenagers, there’s something out there for everyone.
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Herman Melville’s mystery: was Billy Budd black?
A newly unearthed photograph identifies the African-American Trafalgar survivor who appears in Melville’s final novel. Could the book’s hero have…
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Essayism is ultimately about how literature can make a difference
Brian Dillon’s study of the essay is a beautiful and elegiac volume – having read it, I re-read it.
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The Sad Part Was: this story collection puts the real Bangkok on display
Thai author Prabda Yoon descends into the voices and minds of a small cast of characters.
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Sarah Hall’s dark short stories are fragments of lives wrenched out of alignment
The displacements in Madame Zero are literal, figurative and occasionally fantastical.
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Fasting and Feasting: the eccentric life of food writer Patience Gray
Journalist Adam Federman clearly venerates his subject, and his research is overwhelmingly diligent.
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Uncommon People sweeps you along as if you were trapped in a mosh pit
David Hepworth’s account of the rise and rall of the rock star – from Presley to Dylan, Ian Dury to Kurt Cobain…
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