Peter Hunt’s elegant account of the genesis of Kenneth Grahame’s classic only hints at the revelations the author has discussed in promotional interviews
Simon Gray, Christopher Hitchens, Joan Didion ... some of the most vivid memoirs have been accounts of illness. But what can they teach us about being well?
Byron’s wife and daughter - Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace – can’t escape the shadow of the great libertine in this in-depth account of their lives
Mick Kitson has a moving tale of sisterhood and survival, Julia Pierpont runs the rule over 100 female trailblazers, and Reni Eddo-Lodge reflects on race relations in modern Britain