The beginning of a love affair. It started in a coffee shop. A writer and a mystery man. A dangerous entanglement. 

In 'Utopia, Limited' by W.S. Gilbert, the reader is introduced to a satirical and witty commentary on the political and social structure of the 19th-century British Empire. Through the use of clever wordplay,...

When T.S. Eliot wrote of W.S. Graham's collection, The Nightfishing, that 'some of these poems - by their sustained power, their emotional depth and maturity and their superb technical skill - may well...

One hundred years after his birth, W. S. Graham's words seem more awake than ever. His subtle exploration of the paradoxes of language, his passionate conviction of the importance of art and the love...

'I first read a W. S. Graham poem in 1949. It sent a shiver down my spine. Forty-five years later nothing has changed. His song is unique and his work an inspiration.' Harold Pinter. From his first...

Known by mariners since Viking times as a safe anchorage in notoriously savage waters, Scapa Flow is the seaway that runs between the Orkney mainland and the island of Hoy. As the northern base of the...

In 'The Grand Duke' by W.S. Gilbert, readers are transported to the whimsical and comedic world of operetta. Set in the grand duchy of Pfennig-Halbpfennig, the story follows the hilarious series of events...

Valko, adrift in the open sea, ponders his place in the world amid a sense of longing and guilt. He encounters the swordsman Fenrir, who seems to have an uncanny knowledge of Valko. The pair soon become...