Woodbrook is a rare house that gives its name to a small, rural area in Ireland, not far from the old port of Sligo. He stayed for ten years. This memoir, acknowledged as a masterpiece, grew out of two great loves - for Woodbrook and for Phoebe, his pupil.
A history of Europe since Napoleon, covering all of the main topics of that period.
Since 2012, hundreds have left Western countries to join jihadist groups fighting in Syria. Many are still there, many have been killed, but some... Læs mere
A notable work by the doyen of writers about cinema
Taking us around the globe, through time and across multiple media, this book tracks the ways in which we were initially enchanted by this mesmerizing imitation of life and let movies - the stories, the stars, the look - show us how to live.
Looks at a century of cinema. This title is the author's personal,... Læs mere
* 'A History of Hollywood, Its Money and Dreams - and what it did to us
Introduced by Seamus Heaney, The People of the Sea brings to life the legend of the mythical selchies, in beautiful, poetic prose
An enlightening guide to all the magical workings of watching film from 'a giant in the world of film criticism' (The Times).
Set in the 1920s, this marvellously sensitive autobiography recreates the varied community of Nairn, with its fishermen and townsfolk, its crofters and its prosperous upper-middle-classes.