Left from the Nameless ShopA boy communes with the gods by talking to a pillar. The 'hibiscus girl' has her head in the clouds and feet gently planted in her husband's home. Two women, married to the same man, find a strange camaraderie binding them together. The whole town gathers to save the friendly neighbourhood shopkeeper's ice cream from spoiling in the heat. Short tempered Seshadri hides a terrible shame in his outbursts. A grandfather passes on the magic of self belief

What’s the best way to cool off on a hot summer day

The heart-stopping sequel to the New York Times bestselling Sea of Shadows

When Poppet was a baby she thought she was the centre of her Mummy and Daddy’s world

With a storm raging outside

no matter how much he admires her arresting beauty and headstrong spirit

and imagination of Rimbaud's poetry and sheds light on one of the most enigmatic figures in letters

Elijah Wald complicates the stick-figure myth of generational succession at Newport by doing justice to what he rightly calls Bob Dylan’s ‘declaration of independence’

consumer protection

Since the rise of infant formula in the early twentieth century

as best behavior gives way to brutal honesty

The Lambchops’ friend

’ Andrea