Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
Donald Clarke: BBC’s ‘novels that shaped our world’ list is terrible in a very particular way
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Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list
We still love the cinema. Last year Ireland had the joint highest attendance in Europe
Working Title becomes first British production company to take $1bn in the UK box office
‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ will recount the heroine’s ‘bumpy journey into motherhood’
Renowned thinker Charles Leadbeater believes we should focus on ‘frugal’ innovators solving real-world problems
Caitlin Moran’s live show is an empowering experience – and she’s only getting started
Sebastian Faulks, Hanif Kureishi and Helen Fielding are rivals for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
I admire Helen Fielding’s nous but I never much bought into Bridget’s world
In the new book, our lovable heroine, now a rich widow with a toy boy, is stretched far too thin by author Helen Fielding
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices