The Belgian author’s genius comes to the fore in a dark domestic drama
The more one reads of Georges Simenon, the stranger the writer and his writings become. His novels, most of them composed in a we…
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Kaliane Bradley: ‘I dreaded the book going to people I know’ ○
The author of bestseller The Ministry of Time on how lockdown telly, Terry Pratchett and her Cambodian heritage shaped her Arctic time travel tale
Kaliane Bradley, 36, lives in east London and works a…
Epic win: why the Odyssey is having a moment ○
With new translations, a film starring Ralph Fiennes and a Christopher Nolan blockbuster on the way, Homer’s saga about a solider’s return from battle speaks to our times in unexpected ways
We live i…
12 months ago
2,000-year-old book about Roman emperors enters bestseller charts ○
The Lives of the Caesars, translated from Latin by The Rest Is History podcast co-host Tom Holland, details everything from ancient policy failures to sex scandals
A gossipy account of the lives of Ro…
2,000 year old book about Roman emperors enters bestseller charts ○
The Lives of the Caesars, translated from Latin by The Rest Is History podcast co-host Tom Holland, details everything from ancient policy failures to sex scandals
A gossipy account of the lives of Ro…
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