‘I’m useless at this bit,” Malorie Blackman laughs, shifting awkwardly in a plum-coloured jacket and smart black trousers. It is a gloomy February evening in the back room of a theatre in... Read more »
In the Middle Ages, the lives of saints were the closest thing to bestsellers: stories copied, read aloud, and performed across Europe. They offered the faithful models of virtuous suffering, miraculous healing,... Read more »
Naomi Alderman argues that one of the most useful things to know is the name of the era you’re living in, and she proposes one for ours: the Information Crisis. In fact,... Read more »
Salman Rushdie has said that the formation of a Palestinian state âright nowâ would mean a âTaliban-like stateâ is created. Commenting on the US campus protesters calling for a free Palestine, the... Read more »