Andrew O’Hagan · Omelettes and Whisky: Anita Brookner’s Edge

Over the course of 24 novels and 87 years, Anita Brookner achieved many dislocations of selfhood and may have become...

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LitFest speakers with a local connection 2026 – Tim Kendall

In the first of a series of articles about authors appearing at Marlborough LitFest who have a strong local connection, Marlborough.news has been speaking

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Des Freedman | Bombs Away

Ten days ago, Andy Burnham stood outside Number 10 and announced a ‘circuit breaker for Britain, bringing forward the...

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Jacqueline Rose awarded PEN Pinter Prize 2026 - English PEN

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E. L. W: Laurence Binyon’s Unidentified Correspondent

This query addresses the uncertainty surrounding the identity of ‘E. L. W’, the recipient of a copy of Laurence Binyon’s The Sirens: An Ode (1925). It is h

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Stefan Collini · Capital Brandy: Eliot on the Run

For much of the second half of his life, T.S. Eliot was a man on the run, retreating to actual or symbolic boltholes,...

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TS Eliot’s 20th-century nightmare | The Observer

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Seamus Perry · Beaverosity: Biography of a Biography

Richard Ellmann saw himself as emulating Joyce: the main job of the biographer was less a matter of ‘observing’ than...

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Seamus Perry · Beaverosity: Biography of a Biography

Richard Ellmann saw himself as emulating Joyce: the main job of the biographer was less a matter of ‘observing’ than...

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