The beloved British humorist — the creator of Wooster and Jeeves — was arrested by the Germans in 1940 and spent the remainder of the war in custody. Here’s how his story unspooled in The Times.
Tag: Books and Literature
Robert Macfarlane and the Dark Side of Nature Writing
The British author turns his attention to the subterranean world with “Underland.”
Campaign Aims to Keep Judge’s Copy of ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ in U.K.
The auctioned copy of D.H. Lawrence’s novel was used in perhaps the most famous British obscenity trial of the past century and has been designated a cultural treasure.
David Cameron’s Book Isn’t Out Yet. The Scathing Commentary Is.
News of an autobiography from the former prime minister who left Britain the Brexit mess attracted a digital stream of creative mockery and vulgarity.
The Queer Coffee Table: 10 L.G.B.T.Q. Books to Usher In World Pride
Visual monographs commemorating a culture of resistance and resilience on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion.
Nonfiction: Richard Holbrooke, the Last Great Freewheeling Diplomat
George Packer’s biography of Holbrooke, “Our Man,” is a complex portrait of a complex man who had power, but never enough.
Footsteps: Retracing Truman Capote’s Moment in the Mediterranean Sun
Before the author reached the height of his fame, he escaped to seaside idylls in southern Italy and Spain to write, swim and bask under the sun with his great love.
Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Population, Researcher Says
A new book identifies aristocrats, investors and companies that own vast portions of the country, amid growing complaints about land scarcity and economic inequality.
Nonfiction: New Directions for American Foreign Policy
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s “The Empire and the Five Kings” and Ted Galen Carpenter’s “Gullible Superpower” offer conflicting advice on where we should go from here.
Russia Dispatch: Turgenev Dissed Russia but Is Still Lionized as Literary Star by Touchy Kremlin
The Russian government celebrates the writer Ivan Turgenev even though it scorns many of his negative views of his homeland and his embrace of Western, liberal values.