Beauty and tragedy in the Eternal City: Mary Shelley’s turbulent years in Rome
Beauty, tragedy, and the Eternal City.
Books
A recipe for the cheesecake popularised by Jane Austen
We explore a classic British recipe endorsed by Jane Austen.
Night brain and flirting headaches: literature’s weirdest female deaths
“Spent more than a month in London after growing up in Yorkshire.”
Art Garfunkel lists his 157 favourite books
The legendary singer began writing down each book he read in 1968.
Diane von Fürstenberg picks her favourite books by strong women
Von Fürstenberg knows the power of speaking up.
The children’s book illustrated by Andy Warhol
Before he was a superstar, Warhol was a commercial artist
‘Just Kids’: A novel that defines Patti Smith’s greatest work
The story of an artist finding themselves.
The novel Stephen King admits is “clumsy and artless”
The iconic thriller writer discusses one of his weakest novels.