magicians

Learned necromancers and lascivious witches: magic and misogyny through the ages

7 October 2023 9:00 am

We seem just as captivated by magic today as our Sumerian ancestors ever were, says Suzi Feay

Cosy, comforting and a bit inconsequential: Here We Are, by Graham Swift, reviewed

29 February 2020 9:00 am

There’s something — isn’t there? — of the literary also-ran about Graham Swift. He was on Granta’s first, influential Best…