Christopher Nolan’s take on the Odyssey is set to break box-office records. What made the director so determined to adapt the ancient Greek epic? And why does a poem from 600BC hold a vice-like grip on pop culture?...
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Read MoreLeading authors including Sarah Waters, William Dalrymple, Bernardine Evaristo and Anne Enright reveal their perfect holiday reading• Read our selection of 70 brilliant books for the summerZadie SmithMargaret Busby’s...
Read MoreFrom the secret gay life of a British-Caribbean man to that controversial shared Booker win, the author has blazed a trail across the literary landscape. Here are seven of her top titlesEven by Evaristo’s experimental...
Read MoreThe children’s author answers questions from readers, friends and writers on losing his son Eddie, surviving Covid, who he’d invite to his perfect birthday dinner and where he goes for inspirationWhether you know him...
Read MoreAhead of World Book Day on Thursday, Guardian music writers pick out the musicians whose literary references illuminated them – from Adam Ant on Joe Orton to the National on Grace PaleyI first heard the Cure’s...
Read MoreColm Tóibín, Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak, Michael Rosen and more share the novels, poetry and memoirs that make the perfect giftI love giving books as presents. I rarely give anything else. I strongly approve of...
Read MoreFiona Benson was invited to Lviv’s BookForum by Ukrainian poet-soldier Artur Dron’. She recounts falling in love with the city and its thriving literary culture, before an air raid siren soundsI had been working on...
Read MoreHarrison, who has died aged 88, wrote copiously for the stage, both as an ingenious translator and dazzlingly original dramatistFrom TS Eliot and Ted Hughes to Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage, numerous poets have written a...
Read MoreActors including Asa Butterfield, Stephen Mangan and Susan Wokoma share poems as part of ‘Celebration Day’, a new annual moment dedicated to commemorating family and friends• Helena Bonham Carter performs...
Read MoreAward-winning poet last seen in early hours of Saturday morning in Kelmarsh, NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire police are appealing for information to help find the award-winning poet Gboyega Odubanjo, who has been missing since...
Read MorePoet, acclaimed for her performance at Joe Biden’s inauguration, tweeted ‘this is the reality of black girls’Amanda Gorman, the poet who won acclaim for her performance at Joe Biden’s inauguration, has...
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