'I slide my hands down his back, all along his spine, rutted with bone like mud ridges in a dry field'

The list was compiled by Bath Spa University as part of a year-long project celebrating diversity and equality across history and in the literary sphere

With the world seemingly heading towards a self-inflicted apocalypse, Alexander Nazaryan speaks to novelist TC Boyle about the need for culinary delights amongst the chaos

'America has spoken. I really thought we were better than this'

The latest novel from the White Teeth and On Beauty author, moves from north-west London to West Africa

'..again it was the power of my dreams, shining forth into wakefulness even before I fall asleep, which did not let me sleep.'

When translating The 120 Days of Sodom, we had a duty to be just as rude, crude, and revolting as Sade 

Featuring lines like: ‘“Come on, you’re a shoo-in.” He reminded her, “Two white guys and a great-looking minority girl with perfect boobs? No contest.”’

Alastair Campbell’s diaries are a unique historical document, providing testimony from the day things happened, unedited by memory and hindsight

The ups and downs of being in a relationship with Lou Reed is brought to life by his first wife, Bettye Kronstad, whom he met in 1968 

As many as 17 plays are now believed to have been worked on by other writers

The issue will hit stores on November 8

Bettye Kronstad’s highly readable memoir ‘Perfect Day’ is about life with the musician, but its beauty stops it falling into a ‘kiss and tell’

Vahan Salorian explains why he has composed a contemporary opera that reflects the dangers of gay clubbing in a non-preachy way 

Sales of Chronicles: Volume One and The Lyrics: 1961-2012 have increased dramatically

'It is a mother, but it is every mother. It is a family, but it’s every family'

A collection of essays that is topical, timely and rather astonishing

Poems by young refugees and migrants will air before each programme on Channel 4

Being a modern gentleman is about more than just knowing what to wear or what to put in your bathroom. It's also about being informed about the world around you.