A new book lifts the lid on humanity’s fascination with mortality
Once consigned to a dusty corner of the publishing industry, the talking book has been reinvented for a younger audience
If these architects and visionaries had had their way, the city would look very different
Tom Phillips began the first edition of “A Humument” 50 years ago. The sixth and final volume caps a great work of painting, collage and writing
With his new book of satellite images, Benjamin Grant gives a fresh perspective on the mark we’ve made
As Vicki Baum’s “Grand Hotel” is re-released, we examine why writers keep returning to the hotel novel and how it has changed
“Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts” will be the cultural bestseller of the season. Fiammetta Rocco meets the man who has examined more medieval manuscripts than anyone in history
From sprawling sagas to historical thrillers, Boyd Tonkin chooses the most transporting beach books
From the 1950s until his death last week, Geoffrey Hill was a poet as embedded in his continent as he was in his country
