Maggie Fergusson

At its heart, Sophie Elmhirst’s debut is a beauty-and-the-beast love story

When Clive Oppenheimer is airlifted from Mount Erebus, he suffers ‘the heartache of leaving a lover’

The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession by Kate Summerscale reviewed

Blacksmith: Apprentice to Master: Tools & Traditions of an Ancient Craft by Alex Pole reviewed

Helene Hanff is no dry old blue-stocking: A Slightly Foxed books essay