5 Homes of Famous Authors You Must Visit
Here’s a list of pilgrimage spots for all you lovers of literature
Lines in the sand
Winston Churchill wrote of Seven Pillars of Wisdom: ‘It ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language. As a narrative of war and adventureâ?¦it is unsurpassable.â?
The puissant writings of W.G. Sebald
There is no way to summarize Sebald–s beautiful artefacts. They have to be read, individually and as a body
Mark Tully on his life in India
In 1965, when Mark Tully moved back to India, Delhi was a city of bicycles. Hauz Khas was still a village with buffaloes and all of East Delhi was a jungle
The extraordinary life of Joseph Conrad
From smuggling arms to the Caribbean revolutionaries to watching the Belgian republic’s avaricious slave-and-ivory trade first hand, Joseph Conrad was much more than a wandering seaman with strange tales