In Defence of Darkness
James Attlee invites us to savour the long nights of winter – their rare darkness and the too-easily-forgotten light of the moon.
A Life Lived (Alone)
When Neil Ansell moved to a deeply rural Welsh cottage at the age of 30 he was prepared for a secluded life, but had not anticipated that he would all but disappear from his own story…
Pass, Measure & Mark
Alexandra Harris, author of Romantic Moderns and winner of the Guardian First Book Award, considers how we pass, measure and mark time, and ultimately, what it means to us.
Do I dare disturb the universe?
As Faber&Faber release an app of The Waste Land, poet Lavinia Greenlaw describes her first, determinedly un-digital, encounters with T.S. Eliot. Also, listen to Eliot reading an extract from his famously epic poem.
Bright desert light
Sara Wheeler looks back on her time in the Atacama, a trip of adventure and romance.
The Loveliest in all Europe?
For years Britain has lagged behind Europe in arts funding outside the capital, but is now forging ahead with shows by the world’s
biggest artists in the UK’s smallest galleries. But will it stay that way? Nancy Durrant, arts commissioning editor at The Times, finds out.
The Summer Book
An extract from one of our favourite books to read in summer, appropriately called The Summer Book, including an insightful and equally lovely foreword by Esther Freud.
La Ricarda
Perhaps the best example of Catalonian rationalism, La Ricarda is also a living family home. Watch an interview with two sisters who grew up there and read James Seaton’s impressions of our visit.
Russian Wonder Tales
Four podcasts of traditional Russian folk tales, translated by Post Wheeler in 1911 and read here by an amateur sitting at the fireside.
Stories In Song
An essay and playlist from Rob Young on the enduring British traditions of story-telling and folk music.
A Modern Myth
Owen Sheers describes how he made an ancient myth modern, and reads from his resulting novella White Ravens.
