A.L. Kennedy

From a Costa Book of the Year winner, Booker nominee and double Granta-selected Best Young British novelist comes a searing portrayal of the gradual uncovering of one woman's past psychological wounds, set in motion by the arrival of an unexpected letter. In the 1980s, Anna McCormick was an anti-nuclear peace activist. She was used to taking on those abusing their...

Winston Churchill hated The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and tried to have it banned when it was released in 1943. However, Martin Scorsese, a champion of directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, considers it a masterpiece. It’s a film about desires repressed in favour of worthless and unsatisfying ideals. It also explores how England dreamt of itself as...