"Debora Harding’s writing operates with the reader in mind..."

"I know the A1. I know it for its 400 miles, through fen, fell and forth, a tarmac snake..."

"Where can we begin but a lack of clarity?..."

"A 1940s movie star glows against a black background. Her hair is loose around her shoulders but still holds the curve of..."

"At first, the Hansel and Gretel of my childhood stay firmly on the beaten track..."

"An Irishwoman, two Americans, and five French teenagers walk into a bar, sit at separate tables, eat, and leave..."

"Before he began to create the large-scale geometric ‘colour fields’ for which he’s best known, Mark Rothko tried out a variety of styles.."

"dad, i follow your footsteps through the fen, dragging past the cotton grass, slipping on the scree..."