BIZARRE: Joseph heller - You Need To See This

The nightmarish catch-22 at the heart of a burning injustice

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The plight of hundreds of inmates trapped in a grim loop between indefinite sentences and mental health treatment within our prison system must be resolved

The Independent UK · Jan 1

Jonathan Coe: ‘I was a Tory until I read Tony Benn’

The author on getting hooked on Flann O’Brien, reassessing Kingsley Amis, and why his grandfather was outraged by Watership Down

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

The best closing lines from books - from poignant final passages to chilling closing sentences

These brilliant closing lines will stay with you long after you put the book down

Woman & Home · Jan 26, 2025

‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’: 15 of the most iconic book covers

From ‘The Great Gatsby’ to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, Finn Cliff Hodges looks at the best covers out there

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2024

Alan Arkin was brilliant, difficult, spiritual and mysterious: ‘He’s always been underestimated’

As the Oscar-winning star of ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘Argo’ and ‘Catch-22’ dies at the age of 89, Martin Chilton looks back at the life and career of an actor with exquisite timing, depth and deadpan delivery – and who had little time for the trinkets of stardom

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

Robert Gottlieb obituary

American editor who worked with many celebrated authors including Anthony Burgess, Doris Lessing and Joseph Heller

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

Robert Gottlieb, celebrated editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, has died at 92

Gottlieb, whose work helped shape the modern publishing canon, edited fiction by future Nobel laureates, spy novels by John le Carré, essays by Nora Ephron and Caro's nonfiction epics.

WEKU · Jun 14, 2023

Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92

One of the greatest literary editors in modern times, Robert Gottlieb, has died

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023

OPINION - Rishi Sunak hit by backlash over plans to end small boats crisis

The term ‘Catch-22’ was coined by Joseph Heller in his 1961 masterpiece of the same name. Partway through the satirical war novel, the author describes the absurd position in which pilots found themselves through the character Doc Daneeka, an army psychiatrist.

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2023

Turn Every Page: a peek into Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb’s long creative relationship

In a new documentary directed by Gottlieb’s daughter, the 50-year partnership between the acclaimed author and the renowned editor is examined

The Guardian - US · Jan 17, 2023