Daniel Swift

Telling stories

25 February 2017 9:00 am

John Burnside is the author of an impressive bookshelf of elegant novels and slim, precise volumes of poetry, and like…

Telling stories

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

John Burnside is the author of an impressive bookshelf of elegant novels and slim, precise volumes of poetry, and like…

A losing streak

28 January 2017 9:00 am

In backgammon, a blot is a single checker, sitting alone and unprotected. This is a sly title for this sly…

A losing streak

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

In backgammon, a blot is a single checker, sitting alone and unprotected. This is a sly title for this sly…

Fierce indignation

29 October 2016 9:00 am

In an autobiographical note written late in his life, Jonathan Swift set down an astonishing anecdote from his childhood. When…

Listen with Mother

3 September 2016 9:00 am

Ian McEwan’s novels are drawn to enclosed spaces. There is the squash court upon which the surgeon plays a meticulously…