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Elizabeth Lowry’s novel conjures not only the writer, but also the wife whose death inspired his most moving poetry
Grim comedy and tragedy meet in an Icelandic film about two estranged and ageing brothers and their flocks
This delightful anthology demonstrates that the composer is heir to the 20th-century English song tradition
‘I want the occasion not just to be enjoyable; I want it to be memorable, spectacular, historic’
Thompson mixes timeless rural tragedies with electrifying guitar meditations, but this concert was more Hendrix than Hardy
Rather than aid democracy, executive mayoralties may concentrate power
As a symbol of empire, pride and class, the Titanic continues to fuel our hunger for metaphor and moral fable
This week’s films reviewed: ‘Bel Ami’, Michael Winterbottom’s ‘Trishna’, ‘John Carter’, ‘The Raven’ and ‘Cleanskin’
The solutions to our cultural quiz of the year
Campaigners are hoping tourism will play a role in protecting the vast Carpathian forest
The anthemic hard rock band prove that their gifts as performers remain very much intact
What am I most proud of writing? My latest book, ‘Waterline’. It’s the best thing I’ve done
When you visit the Protestant Cemetery you may think the realm of the dead offers a better model for community than the realm of the living
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