Happy fiftieth birthday, Adrian Mole. What would you have said about today’s world?

The lovable loser in Sue Townsend’s darkly funny series of novels turned 50 on April 2.

Shreya Sen Handley

· Apr 15, 2017 · 08:30 am

Why Cyrus Broacha was forced to write a book on 'ways to make a girl fall for you'

Because ‘the Indian male approaches women with mostly great trepidation, and even horror’.

Cyrus Broacha

· Sep 13, 2016 · 08:30 am

The man the Wodehouse mantle has fallen on: Alexander McCall Smith

“I appreciate him,” the winner of this year's Wodehouse Prize said of Plum, “but I’m certainly not a great expert. I wouldn’t say he’s an influence.”

Shreya Sen Handley

· May 24, 2015 · 01:30 pm