Much of what was great about Chris Jefferies was used to attack him and destroy his reputation when the media, ...
Children’s fiction has its own peculiar power: like a swordstick in an umbrella, it can flash sharp at unexpected moments. Taken seriously, it can work not just to educate but to transform and ...
Karl Baedeker wrote in his 1868 guide to Venice that when sitting outside the twin cafés of Quadri and Florian in St Mark’s Square, ‘strangers have here to submit to, with the best grace they can, the ...
While Trump’s schemes to impose tariffs on Chinese, Canadian, Mexican and European imports have been taken ...
On one level, Mansfield Park is a fairytale transposed to the 19th century: Fanny Price is the archetypal poor relation who, through her virtuousness, wins a wealthy husband. But Jane Austen’s 1814 ...
The LRB is Europe’s leading magazine of books and ideas. Published twice a month, it provides a space for some of ...
The government’s support for Heathrow expansion is in keeping with the robotic incantations of economic growth that beam out of every press interview and policy announcement from Labour HQ. Forget the ...
The LRB is Europe’s leading magazine of books and ideas. Published twice a month, it provides a space for some of ...