Literature

Now This Is The Truth

A satire on the political PR industry reminiscent of Waugh’s ‘Scoop’

Society

Eat Up

The right stuff: how to eat your way into a superior social class

Society

Apple Concentrate

Weirdness, greatness and everything in between: New Yorkers talk the talk

Society

You Should Be Glad

With the Beatles: a sparkling account of an innocent mania

The Devil’s Disciple

As a person, Patricia Highsmith was simply vile: mean, cruel and hard.

Mother of Invention

Aunt Betty wasn’t who she said she was. Also known as Eileen and Patricia, she liked to be called Munca, after Beatrix Potter’s pet mouse.…

Kiss Kiss Scratch Scratch

A huge and stately galleon, sailing slowly into harbour and slightly holed beneath the waterline, André Talley has a story or two to tell of…

The Dying of the Light

After months of being diminished, pared away piece by piece, the young French woman in the hospice is brought into the garden, where she is…

Listen up, kid

One hundred celebrities offer advice that they feel might have been useful to their younger selves long before they were famous – and in many…

World Literature

Well Bless Your Heart!

If you want to be a Southern lady and reach the summit of flowery femininity and thoughtful, gracious manners, there are a few things to…