Nineteen Eighty-Four turns sixty

It hasn’t happened yet, but Nineteen Eighty-Four has enough threads of prescience to keep us alert, writes Brian McFarlane

09 Jun 09 | Comments (1)

The rise and rise of Jane Austen

No matter how bad the adaptation or how silly the praise, Jane Austen’s novels contain some of the truest insights into human behaviour ever committed to the page, writes Brian McFarlane

04 May 09 | Comments (0)