"I kept calling the flock a herd, which justifiably annoyed the rather elegant lady farmer I was chatting up"

As he turns 80 this summer, this remarkable polymath deserves to be fêted as a populariser of science and pioneer in the arts

While it gives more credence to the naysayers than it should, Shakespeare Beyond Doubt excellently marshalls the evidence over the authorship of the bard's plays

Delving into the various linguistic predicaments of Samuel Beckett reveals the beautiful complications of his writings.