EYES ON THE PRIZE
“Wolf Hall”, by Hilary Mantel, didn’t just win the Man Booker prize last year: it became the fastest-selling Booker winner ever. But behind her triumph, as she reveals in this memoir, lay a complicated relationship with awards ... read more »
SUSPENDED DISBELIEF
Gideon Lichfield visits an exhibition full of paradoxes in a new art space in Mexico City ... read more »
SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM
As part of The Economist's artists at work series, we visit Christian Marclay, a conceptual artist on deadline ... read more »
DISCIPLINE WITHOUT PUNISHMENT
In the latest in The Economist's artists at work series we visit Monica Bonvicini, who feels at home in brutal, beautiful Berlin ... read more »
PAINTING IN STONE
Long ago Margaret Drabble fell for the colours of Florence. Now it’s the semi-precious stones that especially delight her ... read more »
IN SEARCH OF NELLY
Northern England, 1936: a boy of six suddenly hears that he once had a mother. All that survives of her is a handful of photos and her sheet music. Only later does he piece together her story. A memoir by Irving Wardle ...
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DER SCULPTOR BOSS
In the latest instalment of The Economist's Artists at Work series, we visit Tony Cragg, a British sculptor who enjoys working in a region committed to contemporary art ... read more »
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quote As a resident of Bolivia, I totally agree that travelling by road in Bolivia is terrifying, especially to rural areas in ancient rickety buses which are held together by elastic bands...