Anita Brookner by Hermione Lee review – an enigmatic literary great given her due This exhaustive biography of the Booker winner brings her properly out of the shadows for the first time The Guardian - UK · Sep 1
Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences The Guardian - UK · Jul 1
Alan Hollinghurst wins David Cohen lifetime award for ‘pioneering’ novels Author says he is ‘overcome with emotion’ after winning £40,000 honour for books including The Line of Beauty and The Swimming-Pool Library The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025
John Burnside wins the 2023 David Cohen prize for amazing body of work ‘He casts a spell with language of great beauty, power, lyricism and truthfulness’ said judging chair Hermione Lee of the poet and novelist The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023
6 new paperbacks to add to your spring reading list Should you be in need of fresh spring reading, look no further: five lovely novels, and one very thick (but worth the weight!) biography, all newly published in paperback. Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2022