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The couple from The Lesser Bohemians return in this innovative tale of two lovers and of London, in all its sadness and grunginess and grandeur

One of Ireland’s most important novelists and a woman of fierce intelligence and bravery is celebrated in Sinéad O’Shea’s thoroughly enjoyable documentary

The original series was based on the best-selling books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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The adventure isn't over for book editor turned super sleuth Susan

South African poetry, rich with history, has long been an underappreciated cornerstone of the country’s cultural landscape. But a new free-to-access digital archive is helping change that.

Brown’s new novel begins with Langdon, the Harvard symbologist, in Prague

In 1764, Horace Walpole published the first gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, set in a labyrinthine castle surrounded by woods. The novel features the supernatural, with a dark secret from the past at its core. Today, 260 years later, gothic is still with us in the form of “contemporary…

Mthuthuzeli November expertly fuses ballet, contemporary and South African dance in Fools. Plus five minutes of fun from Kristen McNally and Rudi van Dantzig’s Four Last Songs

The story of a secret relationship between two Premier League teammates explores power and homophobia

History and travelogue combine wonderfully in this tale of colonial plunder and hubris