There is something of the fairy tale about this story of two ill-sorted sisters returning to their family home to clear it after their father’s death: the house itself sits deep in a French forest; a nearby pond is said not to reflect the moon; the chateau that looms over it belongs to a potential
Welcome to what I hope you will agree is another Christmas feast of #RivetingReviews! This is the time of year when reading something new and original can be the antidote to overindulgence in the festive fare … a chance to sit down and enjoy a few well-written page-turners to take your mind off th
In November this year I made my annual pilgrimage to the Danube town of Krems in Lower Austria. It’s a highlight of my year when I get to meet, interview and spend quality time with some of Europe’s leading voices at the renowned European Literature Days/Europäische Literaturtage (ELIT). I’ve
Micaela Cometa Xerra is a neo‑expressionist Italian artist (b. 1985, Palermo) whose work fuses painting and sculpture through heavily textured, materially resonant canvases. Since establishing her studio in Lanzarote (Canary Islands), Cometa has developed a distinctive visual language that draws o
