In this time of conflict, thoughts wander to Bob Dylan’s lyrics and John le Carré’s insights
The battle between Satan and the forces of good has preoccupied writers for aeons
The seminal Spanish novel and its author are difficult to pin down in translation and history
Alexei Navalny’s demise spotlights how death and displacement are portrayed in the media and in literature
Women writers have often been treated badly but the first novel was written by one
This era in politics is crying out for a great chronicler in the mould of the American writer
Scepticism has dogged stories of exploration from Ancient Greece
through to Apollo XI
Ideologies are set against profound beliefs as a priest sits at the centre of a storm in a village during the civil war in Greece
Play reveals the intimate effects of military-industrial profiteering
A poem and a novel have resonance for the empires and the events of today