“That isn’t an empty blank where I began…”
– Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Emily Fowler, early 1850
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- Betrayal Throughout history, treachery and betrayal have been considered amongst the very worst offences. This fascinating study examines the impact of betrayal, revenge and the nature of forgievness
- Hope What is hope? In his autobiography, Miracles of Life, the writer J.G. Ballard offers an arresting case in point
- Letters Letters from the novelist Iris Murdoch to her mentor, the French surrealist Raymond Queneau
- Music and Memory To celebrate the launch of Granta 111: Going Back the magazine asked contributors for playlists of songs on the theme of memory
- Regret Regret is a short, evocative and achingly beautiful word; an elegy to lost possibilities
