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This woman makes me side with Philip Roth

20.05.11
I have a smidgen of sympathy for Carmen Callil, one of three judges of this year's Man Booker International prize... more

Gwyneth Paltrow: So blonde, so fragrant, so foul-mouthed... so what?

28.04.11
The minor outrage that greeted Paltrow's outburst had a distinctly sexist, and indeed ageist tone... more

The tumultuous life of Tolstoy

12.11.10
Count Lev Tolstoy led a life as epic as his fiction. Richard Godwin reviews Rosamund Bartlett's exploration of it... more

Seeking solace in Serenading Louie

18.02.10
Director Simon Curtis isn’t afraid to let silence punctuate the increasingly fraught exchanges in Serenading Louie.... more

The big interview: Roy Hodgson enjoys playing lead role as he continues on a life less ordinary

15.12.09
Exclusive: The much-travelled, arts-loving manager is winning plaudits and a growing fan-base as he lays the foundations for long-term success in west London ... more

Darling, I’m not name-dropping I’m networking

16.10.09
Never mind the six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Nicky Haslam's forthcoming memoirs, Redeeming Features, has set a whole new benchmark for the small world phenomenon... more

Essential summer reading

09.07.09
As baggage restrictions on budget airlines are so mean, it’s crucial to choose your holiday reading wisely. Here are some books that truly deserve to make the cut... more

The sign of a great writer: quit while you’re ahead

03.04.09
It's been announced that Gabriel García Márquez is "laying down his pen". At 82, he won't be writing anything else, his agent says. ... more

A very British walk through the world

29.01.09
It was 250 years ago this month that the British Museum opened its doors... more

He gave the mundane 'its beautiful due'

28.01.09
It is possible for an author simply to write too much. Fluent wasn't the word for John Updike... more

Tributes to Updike, American literature's national treasure

28.01.09
John Updike is remembered as one of the "greatest generation" of American novelists... more

I twitter with the witless witterers

28.01.09
To Twitter or not to Twitter? I joined "this new social networking utility for staying connected in realtime" a few weeks ago and I now regret it ... more

What we read about when we read about sportsmen

19.08.08
Some authors could give Olympic athletes a good run for their money. The Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has notched up an impressive 32 marathons since he took up the sport in 1982... more

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