Features

Waves of misery: flooding in Brazil and Australia has devastated both countries

The Reading List: Flooding

Photography After the Flood by Robert Polidori, RRP �50Between September 2005 and April 2006, renowned architectural photographer Robert Polidori made a series of visits to New Orleans to photograph the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina.

Inside Features

A Dickens in a dark Disneyland

Sunday, 16 January 2011

Celebrated in his Norwegian homeland, Jo Nesbo became a global sensation with 'The Snowman'. He talked to Christian House

Between The Covers: 16/01/2011

Sunday, 16 January 2011

Your weekly guide to what's really going on inside the world of books

Forgotten Author: No 60 - Stacy Aumonier

Sunday, 16 January 2011

There's something wintry about Stacy Aumonier. His Extremely Entertaining Short Stories feel as if they should be read aloud beside a roaring fire.

The Blagger's Guide To...The London Magazine

Sunday, 16 January 2011

All you need to know about the hottest literary topic of the week

Quite a double-act: Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett's stormy partnership equals any onstage drama

Friday, 14 January 2011

When Mary McCarthy said of Lillian Hellman, "every word she says is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'", a certain attitude was fostered. Not only to the celebrated playwright's experiences in war-torn Spain during the 1930s or before the House Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s, but also to her personal life. Hellmann, this attitude said, was a myth-maker of the worst kind. She couldn't be trusted to tell the truth, not even about those she loved. So what if she wrote in her memoirs that crime writer Dashiell Hammett, with whom she lived on-and-off for 30 years, was the most important person in her life? "Did anyone ever see them together?" queried Gore Vidal.