The birthplace of George Orwell will be developed into a memorial for Mahatma Gandhi.

David Mamet and other bigger writers get into self-publishing.

Breaking down Granta’s “Best of Young British Novelists.” 

Samuel Beckett and Andre the Giant: Tight bros from way back when.

Prince Harry is going to walk to the South Pole.

The skeleton of an old steamer ship left to rot in the Bahamas.

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