Issue 15
Spring/Summer 10
Inspired by three great British authors and an unfulfilled childhood ambition, Simon Goodall takes a trek into deepest Metroland
Interview by Helen Lewis
Writer Susan Barker recalls some of the obstacles she encountered whilst studying Mandarin and doing homestays with two Chinese families in Beijing in the summer of 2009
At this year’s Jaipur Literature Festival Amabel Barraclough caught up with author and historian Shrabani Basu and asked her about Victoria and Abdul, her new book exploring the extraordinary relationship between the Queen of England and an Indian courtier
Jonathan Lethem
Faber, 2009
Identity Parade – New British and Irish Poets
Ed. Roddy Lumsden
Bloodaxe, 2010