Following the release of his latest novel, The Proof of My Innocence, the author discusses his ‘stylistic homecoming’, the evolution of Liz Truss and why he’s spending more time with his ‘imaginary friends’
Television: The author and playwright, who suffered life-changing injuries after a fall in 2022, revisits his life and career
It is incredibly easy for people to detect when they are at a nadir – the trenches of their career or stardom. But it seems a much harder task to identify when you are at your peak
Novelist explains why he chose not to talk to his would-be murderer, and what he discovered about himself when fatwa was issued against him
After largely ecstatic reviews in the English-speaking world, German critics and audiences have been more ambivalent about Jonathan Glazer’s film, which is is up for five Oscars
The American novelist and short story writer on idiosyncratic book titles, her preoccupation with grief, and Donald Trump’s refusal to go away
There is no consistent evidence that older workers are any less productive than their younger counterparts
His loss will be felt keenly at a time when Anglophone literature is mired in a charmless and po-faced moral earnestness
The culture wars are not a diversion - they are the language, the style, of politics. One does not exist in a separate realm to the other
It turns out that I don’t want anyone else’s take. I want Amis’s own report. I want another Amisian dispatch from the front lines of experience
Writer, known for titles such as Money and London Fields, died of cancer of the oesophagus, says wife
A new documentary puts the dictator’s lasting and insidious influence under the microscope
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
Mary Minihan recalls the challenges and thrills of her student days in England
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year
Just as Newton experimented with light during the Black Death, I could experiment with the grooming habits of the Iron Age
There is a long history of actors deriding poorly received work, with Cats star Rebel Wilson being the latest
Donald Clarke: Guilt is an important aspect of life and a vital part of the reading experience
As literature’s oldest enfant terrible turns 70, John Self, who took his pen name from an Amis character, revisits the collected works
The growth of spoken-word festivals reflects our hunger for real-life experiences
Donald Clarke: The act of appreciation is just a refined version of what audiences do every day
Dublin International Film Festival: Stephen Merchant in town for winning wrestling comedy, ‘Fighting With My Family’
Our middle years have had a makeover thanks to some excellent recent literature
Our late literary correspondent on Darina Allen, Martin Amis, Nigel Kennedy and more
‘On Chesil Beach is about a young, sexually inexperienced couple on a miserable honeymoon
The actor says ‘pornographic’ scenes were filmed after she left the ‘London Fields’ set
Post is latest academic appointment for three-time Booker nominated author
Between World Cup and Euros, France has experienced 18 years of disconnection
Impressive show for German language writers with 11 titles among 160 nominated
‘There is nothing in the novel more harrowing than what people read in their newspaper’
‘Brought to Book’ Q&A: Australian author of Coal Creek and The Ancestor Game on the books that have inspired him
Alain de Botton explains the thinking that prompted him to marshal leading writers into closed organisations
Karl Miller: August 2nd, 1931 - September 24th, 2014
Martin Amis is a deeply moral writer with a Swiftian vigour. In his latest novel, ‘The Zone of Interest’, he returns to the story of the Nazi death camps
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
