`Great art has dreadful manners... ...The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are…

'I look at all of Carver's work as just one story, for his stories are all occurences, all about things that just happen to…

In The Visit (original title Der Besuch der alten Dame), Claire Zachanassian, now a multimillion heiress and an older woman,…

A poetic meditation on life and death, by one of the most renowned and respected film-makers and intellectuals of our time.…

A series of autobiographical fragments, interviews and newspapers extracts in which the painter, theatre designer and…

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Every inch of Grayson's childhood bedroom was covered with pictures of aeroplanes, and every surface with models. But as…

The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40…

Marina Picasso remembers being six years old and standing awkwardly in front of the gates of Picasso's grand house near…

Over seventeen years and nine collections, John Burnside has built - in the words of Bernard O'Donoghue - 'a poetic corpus…

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The story of Tommy Nutter is the story of a man who climbs up from nothing to reshape the silhouette of British fashion. It…

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A special hardback edition of Muarkami's epic, magical masterpiece, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Published in this new gift…

Poem for the Day Two is a repeat of the formula which made Poem for the Day such a well-loved favourite. Chosen for their…

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A collection of poems both old and new, spanning a career of ground-breaking writing. Dearly gave us Atwood’s first new…

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A master storyteller, sympathetically in touch with real children and their interests, has created characters who are…

* 'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole…

From 1950 to 1962, John Richardson lived near Picasso in France and was a friend of the artist. After Picasso's death, his…

Intends to recreate the Pablo Picasso's life and work during the decade of 1907-17 - a period during which the artist and…