Charlie Connelly

MAGA’s resurgence means that works by George Orwell, Khaled Hosseini, Anne Frank and even Agatha Christie are under threat

Many directors might not have scaled their creative heights without Ponti’s recognition that one could make daring and challenging cinema and still turn a profit

The footballer was the toast of the Viennese coffee houses, the intelligence of his play being praised in the same terms as poets

UK publishing is richer than ever – yet most authors scrape to make a living, libraries are under threat and Brexit adds unwelcome red tape

A proposal to make authors opt out of having their work harvested by tech giants is akin to asking shopkeepers to opt out of shoplifters

Little blame can be attached to André Roussimoff for exaggerating the truth of his stories because everything about the wrestler and actor was already exaggerated

One chance encounter transforming a life is rare enough. Guilbert enjoyed two a few days apart

The Slovenian writer who defied the Gestapo during an eight-year journey round the world holds lessons for us all in the era of Trump

Her career as one of the world’s leading operatic sopranos often came second to gushing entreaties to her ravishing appearance

A compilation of European literature, compiled by the son of Thomas Mann, is a reminder of the continent’s cultural power