The Left Hand of Darkness

The Left Hand of DarknessA literary masterpiece from one of the great writers of our time. Love doesnt just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new. Two people, until most recently strangers, find themselves on a long, tortuous and dangerous journey across the ice. One is an outcast, forced to flee his beloved homeland; the other fleeing from a different kind of persecution. What they have in common is curiosity, about others and

In doing so

disbanded by the Pope

'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it

where the intense experiments and collaborations of crack musicians

the perfect spot to people-watch along the Promenade

rock-influenced improvisational style

The Chaplin life history in words and pictures

Taylor Swift’s new studio album Midnights is a collection of music written in the middle of the night

both with yourself and the page

recognising what feeds her

while John Coltrane talks about McCoy Tyner’s integral role in shaping the sound of the Coltrane quartet

Pier Paolo Pasolini casts opera diva Maria Callas (utterly arresting in her only film role) as the sorceress of Greek legend