2008

Contents

• Vikram Seth on living in George Herbert's house
• Dialogue: Michael Frayn talks to A.C. Grayling about writing and philosophy
• Maggie Fergusson on prose writers who began as poets
• Philip Mansel pays tribute to Lesley Blanch
• Much love, Wystan: Edward Mendelson introduces W.H. Auden's newly discovered letters to his brother John
• Short story: Gabriela Blandy's winning entry for the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize
• Anthony Gardner opens Thomas Hardy's Christmas cards
• Michael Morpurgo on teaching children to read