The best of 40 years of writing on politics, literature and religion from the finest English essayist since George Orwell.

What does organised crime have to do with church organs? And what's the connection between blank cheques and check mate?

The author of dystopian classics like The Handmaid's Tale discusses what SF and fantasy, in all their forms, have brought to the realm of fiction.

A beautifully packaged collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald's best writing about drink makes this a most intoxicating Christmas gift!

The book of the radio series.

A sparkling memoir by one of our greatest historians.

A stylish, engrossing collection of essays from a master of the form that covers topics as diverse as dueling, Scott Fitzgerald, aphorisms, and the 1960s.

Thirty years of wit, wisdom, gossip and intimacy from Diana Athill, one of the nation's bestselling and best-loved authors, in the first collection of her letters ever...