Cumbria

The awkwardness of love in middle age: You Are Here, by David Nicholls, reviewed

27 April 2024 9:00 am

A man and woman, both casualties of failed marriages, are attracted to one another on a walking holiday, but are strangely overcome by shyness

The elitism lurking at the heart of the green movement

10 February 2021 11:32 pm

There’s a movement in the UK that is trying to block the building of essential new council housing. It is…

The making of a legend

6 February 2016 9:00 am

For one week in July 2010, the aspiring spree killer Raoul Moat was the only news. ‘Aspiring’ because he didn’t…

More terrible beauty

9 January 2016 9:00 am

At some point during your reading of this book the realisation might dawn, if you didn’t already know about his…

Eastern airs

19 September 2015 8:00 am

On Private Passions this week the writer Amitav Ghosh gave us a refreshingly different version of what has become a…