Sir Alan Ayckbourn, one of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights, will feature at the inaugural Whitby Lit Fest… The ...

Great literature is timeless and universal. Every time we read the pages of a classic we immediately realize this. The words of great writers dig deep into us or lift us up.

The early decades of the 20th century kept up the pace, and the Nobel Prizes, first awarded in 1901, were founded to keep score. In addition to literature, the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel ...

Leadership lessons from great literature A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Jul 15th 2024 | 1 min read. Listen to this podcast.

Does great literature translate into great television? Netflix hopes so, with its adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude” ...

At the recent China top publication prize award ceremony honoring foreign authors, translators, and publishers, a Russian ...

It was simultaneously a commentary on the ability of literature to take us beyond our everyday lives – and the upcoming centenary of The Great Gatsby will be the same.