Robert Hughes (1938-2012) wrote for The Times, the Observer and the Daily Telegraph in London before moving to New York and becoming Time Magazine’s art critic. He was also the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore and the originator and narrator of the highly acclaimed TV series and book The Shock of the New.
The famous Peruvian restaurant Ceviche is taking to the road in Britain’s first ever pop-up restaurant tour.
Tags: Ceviche, Martin Morales, Peru, Peruvian food, pop up restaurants, pop-up tour, Soho
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It’s picnic season! Download the recipe of the Hairy Bikers Scotch Eggs from Mums Know Best.
Tags: Dave Myers, finger food, Hairy Bikers, Hairy Dieters, homemade scotch egg, Mums Know best, nargis kebabs, picnic food, picnic ideas, picnic recipe, scotch egg, scotch egg recipe, Si King
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Richard Crewdson knew very little about his aunt Dorothea until he discovered her extraordinary diaries, which relate, in vivid detail, her experiences of nursing near the front line during the First World War. Here, he tells us about finding the diaries and visiting some of the beautiful locations Dorothea describes and illustrates in them.
Tags: Dorothea's War
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Sahar Delijani is the author of Children of the Jacaranda Tree, a novel set against the backdrop of two Iranian revolutions, separated by 25 years. In her guest blog she tells us what inspired her to write about these events and how her own family’s experiences influenced the story.
Tags: Children of the Jacaranda Tree, Debut Fiction, Sahar Delijani
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Alison explores the new genre coming from climate change..
It’s a bit of a horrendous-sounding term, but apparently there is now such a genre as “cli-fi”. Dan Bloom tells us at Teleread that he coined the term a little over a year ago; at the time, there was a fair bit of resistance
Tags: climate fiction, literary fiction, literary genres
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