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Why you should revisit the classics, even if you were turned off them at school

Throughout my school years I had an exuberant, elderly piano teacher, Miss Hazel. She was one of five daughters (like me) and, like many young women of her generation, had never married her sweetheart because he did not return from the war.

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2025

A sea anemone: I have pronounced their name incorrectly most of my life

It is probably wrong to touch, even gently, these creatures. But even now I find it difficult to resist

The Guardian - AU · Dec 16, 2024

Highgate Cemetery to charge £25,000 for burial spots close to grave of Karl Marx

The cemetery is the resting place of George Michael, George Eliot and Douglas Adams as well as Karl Marx

Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2024

George Eliot’s Middlemarch: egoism, moral stupidity, and the complex web of life

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2023

On Marriage by Devorah Baum review – endless love or life sentence?

The author and film-maker explores the landscape of matrimony in an erudite and entertaining quest for enlightenment

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023

Reader, I lived with him: why a happy ending doesn’t have to mean marriage

As more couples rip up the rulebook, attitudes towards romantic relationships are becoming less clear-cut – and art reflects that. Should we be celebrating a new kind of happily ever after?

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023

A Life of One’s Own by Joanna Biggs review – on the shoulders of giants

The lives of female authors provide inspiration for a woman who finds herself starting over after divorce

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2023

Where to start with: George Eliot

Her uplifting and melancholy masterpieces include Middlemarch – but you can enjoy funny, wise stories that are less than 800 pages long too

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023

The Marriage Question: George Eliot’s Double Life review – one from the heart

Feminist philosopher Clare Carlisle illuminates George Elliot’s love life as well as the nightmarish marriages in her novels

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023

The Marriage Question by Clare Carlisle review – the lives and loves of George Eliot

A philosopher examines the meaning of relationships in the great novelist’s life and books

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2023