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Literature

James Joyce and Samuel Beckett’s favourite pub in Dublin

A regular haunt.

Lucy Harbron
Apr 6, 2024
I started seeing crabs - the story of Jean-Paul Sartre’s crazy mescaline trip - 2024

“I started seeing crabs”: the story of Jean-Paul Sartre’s crazy mescaline trip

The bad trip of an early literary psychonaut.

Jordan Potter
Mar 20, 2024
Jane Austen - Author - 1905

A recipe for the cheesecake popularised by Jane Austen

We explore a classic British recipe endorsed by Jane Austen.

Jordan Potter
Feb 3, 2024
Harrison Ford - Actor - 1982 - Blade Runner

The one book Harrison Ford recommends over any other: “It’s about not trying to live forever”

Part biography and part philosophical school of thought.

Joe Willams
Sep 30, 2023
PJ Harvey - 2023

The gothic book that inspired PJ Harvey’s ‘To Bring You My Love’

It helped her to explore story-telling.

Aimee Ferrier
Jun 27, 2023

A collection of Leonard Cohen’s favourite writers

Some great choices.

Aimee Ferrier
Jun 25, 2023
Kenzaburō Ōe, the revolutionary Nobel prize-winning author, dies aged 88

Kenzaburō Ōe, the revolutionary Nobel prize-winning author, dies aged 88

An inspiring figure.

Aimee Ferrier
Mar 14, 2023
Zadie Smith

The 10 best authors of the 21st Century

Literary.

Thomas Coll
Nov 1, 2022
Donald Fagen of Steely Dan live in Los Angeles July 1974

The literature that inspired Donald Fagen and Steely Dan

Donald Fagen on his love of literature.

Tyler Golsen
Sep 29, 2022

How literature infiltrated Lou Reed’s songwriting

From pages to punk.

Tom Taylor
Sep 15, 2022
Full Metal Jacket

Why has the Vietnam War proven to be such a generative event for cinema?

Analysis.

Thomas Coll
Aug 15, 2022

Five books that influenced David Bowie’s artistry

Literary influences.

Thomas Coll
Aug 5, 2022

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