Features

Jones says: 'Ines is part of this large wave of faceless people washing over Europe'

Not from round these parts: Author Lloyd Jones explores the disclocation of a young African woman

It is the lot of New Zealanders to be peripatetic, says Booker-shortlisted 'Mister Pip' author Lloyd Jones. But at least they have somewhere they can always call home – unlike the protagonist of his latest novel

Inside Features

Lebanon, my Lebanon: A stirring new photography book sparks Robert Fisk’s memories

Sunday, 21 November 2010

From ancient groves where he once dodged bullets to peaceful mountain ranges, from embattled politicians to wise-cracking locals, Robert Fisk, the Independent's Middle East correspondent, finds his memories of 34 years living in Lebanon brought into poignant relief by a monumental new photography book

Living with Leo: Tolstoy's impressive dynasty

Saturday, 20 November 2010

One hundred years after his death, Tolstoy's great works live on. So do hundreds of his decendants. Holly Williams meets some of the family

One Minute With: India Knight, novelist

Friday, 19 November 2010

Book Of A Lifetime: Great Expectations, By Charles Dickens

Friday, 19 November 2010

'Great Expectations' was perhaps the first "big book" I really got through at a gallop when I was about 11. Instead of being outside, practising to open the batting for Oz, I began the novel when housebound with asthma in a Sydney suburb of no distinction. I have to say that partway through the book my reading got a fillip when, breathing easier, I saw at the local picture house the magnificent film version directed by David Lean and starring John Mills and Alex Guinness.

Bad sex please, we're British: Can fictive sex ever have artistic merit?

Friday, 19 November 2010

When the unexpurgated Penguin edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover was finally cleared of obscenity, three decades after DH Lawrence's death and a highly-publicised trial, it marked a victory for literary freedom. Those who had not already got their hands on a contraband copy rushed to exercise their right to read of Lady Constance and her gamekeeper lover, in flagrante, uttering previously unprintable words.