Daniel Hahn

The cold grip of fear

22 July 2017 9:00 am

A screenwriter sits in a lovely rented house somewhere up an Alp in early December. The air is clear, the…

Cosette, by Emile-Antoine Bayard. Illustration for Les Misérables

The classic that conquered the world

18 February 2017 9:00 am

Somewhere between his first and second drafts, Victor Hugo decided to change the title of his great novel from Les…

Cosette, by Emile-Antoine Bayard. Illustration for Les Misérables

The classic that conquered the world

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

Somewhere between his first and second drafts, Victor Hugo decided to change the title of his great novel from Les…

Who you think you are

24 September 2016 9:00 am

The Good Immigrant, a collection of essays about black and ethnic minority experience and identity in Britain today, is inconsistent,…