Son muchas las personas a quienes les apasiona la literatura, que disfrutan escribiendo o leyendo, y desearían saber mucho más de este atractivo arte, pero a veces los términos utilizados en las teorías...

Son muchas las personas a quienes les apasiona la literatura, que disfrutan escribiendo o leyendo, y desearían saber mucho más de este atractivo arte, pero a veces los términos utilizados en las teorías...

ARE YOU READY TO SAVE A LIFE?WHY HER? Becca Palmer has just lost her job as assistant to Simon Jones MP - the highly-regarded Policing Minister, tipped as a future Prime Minister. But Becca claims that...

Amid the flames of the culture wars, politicians have taken up arms over controls on literary culture, spurred on in part by universities 'triggering' canonical texts. Jonathan Swift's 'Battle of the...

In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular...

A Sunday Times top-five bestseller'This is a remarkable book . . . profound and deeply moving . . . It has as much to tell us about mental illness as it does about policing' Alastair StewartJohn Sutherland...

The war on the old has been declared.In the post-Brexit world, intergenerational conflict has become a visible phenomenon. There is an overwhelming sense of blame from younger generations: it was 'the...

Intergenerational conflict is a perennial feature of society and capitalism. One side has the youth, the other side has the lion's share of the wealth, and the good things wealth can bring. In the last...

When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? Which author's heart was purportedly eaten by a cat? One of our best-known and best-loved literary critics turns his attention to...

'You know you're in the presence of an expert when you read The Siege. A gripping debut novel.' Jeffrey ArcherNine hostages. Ten hours. One chance to save them all. Lee James Connor has found his purpose...

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A love letter to police officers and the most vulnerable people they protect and serve' CHRISTIE WATSON, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS'Extraordinary . . . urgent and compelling....

Literary Landscapes delves deep into the geography, location, and terrain of our best-loved literary works and looks at how setting and environmental influences storytelling, character, and our emotional...

'A brilliant biography - John Sutherland has brought Monica Jones to life as she deserves.' Claire Tomalin'Eye-opening... in this account [Monica Jones] comes alive.' The Sunday TimesMonica Jones was...

John Sutherland, one of Britain's most celebrated professors of English literature, is here to test, stretch, amuse and instruct you with his definitive quiz on all things grammatical.Why do purists insist...

Thirty-one years ago John Sutherland nearly lost everything to drink. It was time to sober up. Or die. Last Drink To LA is part reportage, part confession - not a temperance tale (told to terrify, inform...