Ever Yours: the Van Gogh Letters
In addition to his many remarkable paintings and drawings Vincent van Gogh left behind a fascinating and illuminating body of…
Biography
A Book Lover’s Gift Guide: Biography Buff
This winter we have gathered together some of our favourite books – books for Biography Buffs, History Lovers and…
A Conversation with Tim Parks: A YaleBooks Podcast
Shortly before his death in 1837, Giacomo Leopardi, a prolific Italian writer, translator, and thinker, began to organise…
Patrick Modiano: Nobel Prize winner
On 9th October 2014 Patrick Modiano became the 107th winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Peter Englund, the…
Freudian Clip: Interview with Adam Phillips
Adam Phillips’ Becoming Freud is a biography that explores the life of the young Freud, spanning his first fifty years,…
Wilfred Owen and the notion of chivalry
One of Britain’s best-known and most loved poets, Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) was killed at the age of 25…
Becoming Freud by Adam Phillips
From one of the world’s foremost authorities on Sigmund Freud comes a strikingly original biography of the father…
Georgian Fever
This year is the 300th anniversary of George I’s accession, and already Georgian fever is upon us –…
Who was The Literary Churchill?
The image of Winston Churchill as a statesman is familiar to all, the former soldier striding down blitzed…
Whistler’s Mother
James McNeill Whistler shares his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts with some unlikely characters. Not least among them literary…
Introduction to Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was killed at the age of 25 on one of the last days of the…
James McNeill Whistler: A Life for Art’s Sake
Daniel E. Sutherland’s biography of luminary American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) is not only the first in…
Primo Levi and the War
Midway through the Second World War Primo Levi had just embarked upon a career in chemistry. Despite the…
Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World
Jonathan Swift is best remembered today as the author of Gulliver’s Travels, the satiric fantasy that quickly became…
Introducing The Leonard Bernstein Letters
Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and versatile musician – a brilliant conductor who attained international super-star status, and…