For whatever reason, Golding thought himself a monster and his journals seethed with self-disgust Even Golding’s first and ...

St Peter's Basilica lacks the monastic restraint of the church where I usually worship. Emphasis rather than suggestion is ...

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Katherine Rundell, Christopher Paolini and other writers mark the 75th anniversary of the book’s U.S. publication: “It taught ...

But this vision of genius is a poor fit for many great artists, and it tends to obscure what makes them and their work ...

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Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy was a massive undertaking, and it began long before any cameras started ...