Celebrating 100 years of “Prufrock”
Why we need physical books
Exploring the power and powerlessness of innoculation
Robert Burns helped to forge a pride of place that has become a reservoir of national identity
Why the dogma of democracy doesn't always make the world better
Its chiffon convolutions and tulle thunderheads made perfectly dull places seem excitingly mysterious.
The woman behind 'The Bondwoman's Narrative'
How emotion left dance
From Pushkin to Putin: the sad tale of democracy in Russia
Victor Hugo's Hard-nosed Melodrama
David Sedaris and a literary version of reality TV