Island life, with its puffins and small community fails to impress a young newcomer; so why not take him to the 'ghost island' by kayak? What could possibly go wrong? For ages 8-11. (NB publ... read more
It is nearly thirty years since Aciman's superb memoir of his Alexandria childhood, Out of Egypt. Since Call Me By Your Name he has mutated from an academic scholar of Proust into a bestsell... read more
The rise to prominence of the big auction houses in an explosive market: the former chairman of Sotheby's UK holds the cards and lays out a wonderful cast of kings, queens and knaves.