A look at the war diary of Olive Edis and her photographs.

Building in Covent Garden bequeathed to heritage charity to ensure 228-year institution remains ‘part of the city’s cultural life’

Composer Max Richter will be presented with an Ivor Novello Award for Innovation in recognition of his ingenuity and impact in contemporary classical composition.

The French author discovered Carson on a bus while stranded in a snowstorm and has been enthralled by her fearless imagination ever since

Researchers Giorgia Tolfo and Laura Robson-Mainwaring reflect on the usefulness of the Hospital Records database and how we are making it more accessible.

There have been 122 literature laureates to date, of whom only 18 have been women

and other literary news

Rantzen announced lung cancer diagnosis in 2023 and became a vocal assisted dying campaigner

The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelved

On a beautiful film of a Gerard Manley Hopkins poem

‘A corner of Oxford in Cambridge’

Academic life is full of churn. The world changes; younger scholars are seized by new questions and, as they hare down...

Tolkien and his critics