Today’s letter is an investigation of literary cats rubbing up against myth. I promise I am not taking you to Narnia or into the fetid recesses of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s songbook, but we are going to ...

On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was ...

Our presenters reveal their choices for their favourite food books of the year.