Books & Lit
The Documentary: Egypt
Episode 6/6. Egypt has one of the world’s fastest-growing populations; already 90-million strong, it’s growing by over a million each year and around half of that population is under the age of 25. It was Egypt’s youth who were at the forefront of t
Paperback review: I Am an Executioner, By Rajesh Parameswaran
This collection of nine short stories is subtitled "Love Stories" - but the loves are of unexpected kinds.
Book of a lifetime: Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
I first read Brave New World in 1949. I was a frivolous 18-year old studying economics at St Andrews. There had always been favourite books.
Night Waves: James Salter
Matthew Sweet talks to American novelist and short story writer James Salter.
BOOKtalk: Andrew Adonis
Mark D'Arcy talks to Lord Adonis about his book on the 2010 coalition negotiations.The Early Music Show: Art and Early Music Month: The Gardens of the Villa d'Este
Catherine Bott explores the gardens of Cardinal Ippolito II's Villa d'Este.
Open Book: Tessa Hadley on her novel Clever Girl, Cory Doctorow; and Ian Rankin on the book he would never lend
Mariella Frostrup on the best fiction with Tessa Hadley, Cory Doctorow and Ian Rankin.
Saturday Review: Pinter's The Hothouse and The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Pinter's The Hothouse and Mira Nair's film The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
Why Muriel Spark's prose is better than a shot of espresso in the morning
Muriel Spark's biography of Mary Shelley is set to be reissued.