Poet, Diplomat, Politician: Pablo Neruda and I
July 12, 2019
“Poetry arrived in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where it came from, from winter or a river. I don’t know how or when, no, they were… READ MORE
July 12, 2019
“Poetry arrived in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where it came from, from winter or a river. I don’t know how or when, no, they were… READ MORE
July 11, 2019
In a celebration of the short-story form, leading American authors have selected their favourite short stories and written personal essays about why they love them. The personal essays, commissioned by… READ MORE
July 10, 2019
Indebted to Max Beckmann, Lovis Corinth, and Otto Dix, as well as the drawings of Adolf Menzel, Bernhard Heisig (1925-2011) was one of East Germany’s most important artists. Indeed, one… READ MORE
July 9, 2019
On Monday, the 1st July, I welcomed summer by taking a train from the Jewel of the East (Colchester) to the Big Smoke (London) and then on to the Knightsbridge… READ MORE
July 8, 2019
In May 1990 I was looking for more freelance editorial work and had come across the name of a publisher who by good fortune was not only based down the… READ MORE
July 4, 2019
The original hardback edition of Representing Beasts was published in summer 2015, in fact just in time for Leeds IMC where both subject and sleekly stunning cover made it one… READ MORE
July 3, 2019
We’re keeping it short and sweet for you this month! Bask in the summer sunshine with one of the most important miscellanies to survive from medieval England or perhaps acquaint… READ MORE
June 26, 2019
How can cities as large and dynamic as Manchester or Chicago, both home to many diverse communities, develop a sense of local belonging? In this exclusive article, Dr Tom Hulme… READ MORE
June 25, 2019
You may enter South Carolina by many routes. Sail into Charleston Harbor and you pass Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began, and Sullivan’s Island, where forty-percent of the Africans… READ MORE
June 24, 2019
New from the University of Rochester Press is the long-awaited first English translation and revised edition of François Lesure’s acclaimed biography of Claude Debussy, originally published by Fayard in 2003…. READ MORE