Celebrity with a cause: how Oscars dressing became a moral statement, by Lou Stoppard
The job of a red-carpet stylist has become exponentially more difficult in the past few years. Money and commercial relationships have always defined who wears what (often the chosen dress is dictated by whichever fragrance contract the wearer has most recently signed) but while the general processes haven’t changed, the complexities of the desired outcomes […]
Nala’s World: Wherever I take my cat is my home
Dean Nicholson was cycling up a hill in Bosnia when he heard a miaow. He spotted a kitten, took a video and — one year and 128 million views later — he, the kitten and the bicycle are famous. The chance encounter between the itinerant 30-year-old Scot and a five-week-old kitten has led to a […]
Mary Jean Chan is shortlisted for the 2020 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize
The shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2020 has been announced today. This is the second year of the prize, awarded annually for an outstanding debut poetry book collection in the English language. Valued at €10,000, the prize is sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation, and administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde […]
Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other is Roxane Gay’s favourite book of 2019
My favorite book: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo The ambition of this novel, the inventive structure and syntax, the grand scope, all make for the most absorbing book I read all year. The characters are so richly drawn, so intimately known by Evaristo, and so perfectly rendered on the page. This novel is a master […]
Girl, Woman, Other inspired cartoon by Ella Baron for The TLS
You can find more of Baron’s work on her Twitter page.
The Modern House Podcast is here
Today, we launch a new podcast in which The Modern House co-founder Matt Gibberd invites guests from the worlds of design, architecture and the creative industries to share their top three favourite homes in the world – think of it as a sort of Desert Island Discs for design lovers. In each episode, we’ll be […]
Ariana Neumann joins the TODAY show to talk about When Time Stopped
In her new book, “When Time Stopped,” author Ariana Neumann shares how she pieced together her father’s incredible story of surviving the Holocaust. She joins the 3rd hour of TODAY to talk about how she discovered her father’s secret past. Click here to watch the video on the TODAY website.
Francine Toon: ‘Witches are empowered women’
Her gothic debut novel, Pine, draws on childhood years in the Scottish Highlands and eerie links between the paranormal and the patriarchy Francine Toon spent two years of her childhood in the Scottish Highlands, near a town called Dornoch – “the last place in the UK to execute someone for witchcraft,” she says with a […]
A Year In Prizes
We are enormously proud of the recent recognition our authors have received. THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 – WINNER Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 – THREE LONGLISTED AUTHORS My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Lanny by […]
Jack Fairweather takes home the Costa Book of the Year 2019 for The Volunteer
Congratulations to Jack Fairweather whose book The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz has been announced as the 2019 Costa Book of the Year! Winner of the 2019 Biography Award and Costa Book of the Year The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather (WH Allen) The […]