August 12, 2025

Vladimir Nabokov: teasing trickster He reinvented himself in his seventies

Jonathan Meades

30.05

Don’t be terrified of Pale Fire Nabokov's masterpiece has a complex but huge heart

Mary Gaitskill

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The deracination of literature We have fallen out of love with good writing

Mary Gaitskill

19.11

Mary Gaitskill teaches us to embrace complexity The writer understands that love is a living nightmare

Ann Manov

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Alfred Hitchcock lived in fear He was obsessed with sex and violence — yet recoiled from modernity

Tomiwa Owolade