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So, to quote Sir Edmund Hillary after he had reached the summit of Everest, I “have knocked the bastard off”.In my case, the Herculean achievement in question is to have finally read War and ...

As I write this, I am listening to a line of the song of my favourite Jamaican reggae music superstar, Peter Tosh. It is a 1979 track entitled Jah Seh No, from his Mystic Man album. When life becomes ...

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Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and counterproductive.

The true pleasure of literature can be found in demanding works such as Your Name Here, by Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff.

As “Auld Lang Syne” takes its annual spin around the globe on New Year’s Eve, its chorus belted out by revelers young and old, Edinburgh’s Poet Laureate Michael Pedersen says the song’s enduring power ...

I received an advance copy of the late Mario Vargas Llosa's novel "I Give You My Silence," scheduled for publication in late ...