Father and Son is a classic account of a childhood, a much-praised autobiography published by Edmund Gosse in 1907, nearly 20 years after the death of his...
265 months ago

Edmund Gosse's books are lovely to read but eminently forgettable. A winsome writer, fine stylist, poets of sorts, essayist, and arbiter of...
170 months ago

Father and Son,” by Jonathan Raban; “24/7 Politics,” by Kathryn Cramer Brownell; “Witness,” by Jamel Brinkley; and “The Details,” by Ia...
14 months ago

In 1857 Charles Darwin wrote to the distinguished zoologist Philip Henry Gosse to request information about “crustacean battles”,...
263 months ago

After Henry James's death 100 years ago, his relatives were at pains to remove any hints of his sexuality from his letters and biography.
105 months ago

EDMUND GOSSE. A Literary Landscape, 1849-1928. By Ann Thwaite. Illustrated. 567 pp. Illinois: The University of Chicago Press. $25.
482 months ago

From a taboo-breaking biography of a Victorian patriarch to stories of scapegrace swindlers and closeted gay men, Andre Gerard picks the...
137 months ago

Long before American tourists flocked two hours northwest of London to Broadway, booked rooms at the venerable Lygon Arms and roamed the...
151 months ago

The award-winning film and television director Brian Gibson, who has died of bone cancer aged 59, first made his mark on screen in collaboration with the...
250 months ago

A comprehensive essay on the celebrated Indian poet and politician who remains a point of reference in the history of the Indian subcontinent.
131 months ago