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First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 Documents

My Muse and me

How does an artist pick a muse? And what's it like to be one? finds out from a choreographer, a novelist, a painter – and the people who inspire them Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and Lauren CuthbertsonIn 2010, when choreographer Christopher Wheeldon ... [ Published 20 hours ago by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Chantal Joffe, Christopher Wheeldon, Lauren Cuthbertson, Philip Hensher

First Reported May 27 2012 - Updated May 27 2012 - 1 Documents

Bo Xilai

Between the Covers 27/05/2012

The author of eight novels told how masonry suddenly tumbled down the front of his London townhouse with a "tremendous roar". So far, the cause has yet to be ascertained, though "wear and tear" has been suggested, which is not covered by insurance. Between ... [ Published May 27 2012 by The Independent ]

Entities: Patrick Walsh, The Bodley Head, Jiang Weiping, Bo Xilai, JRR Tolkien

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

Critical eye: book reviews roundup

Mrs Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelKate Summerscale and Hilary Mantel both won major prizes and enjoyed spectacular sales figures with their previous books – the Samuel Johnson winner The Suspicions of ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Hilary Mantel, Kate Summerscale, Valerie Grove, Rachel Cooke, Janet Maslin

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

Elizabeth Taylor

Rediscovering Elizabeth Taylor – the brilliant novelist

Few have heard of the National Velvet star's namesake, but she was one of the best English novelists of the 20th century"No one bought her books, and only the middle aged or elderly had ever read them: she did not know she was now a legend of which the ... [ Published May 11 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Elizabeth Taylor, Hilary Mantel, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Jilly Cooper, 20th century

First Reported May 05 2012 - Updated May 05 2012 - 1 Documents

Winston Churchill

The story of a nation

Star Books ReviewMuneera Parbeen revels in a charming narration of life in seventies BangladeshPhilip Hensher speaks as a young boy growing up in Bangladesh. He assumes the voice of a young Muslim boy fiercely observant of his surroundings at the onset ... [ Published May 05 2012 by Bangladesh Daily Star ]

Entities: Bangladesh, Philip Hensher, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Winston Churchill

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 1 Documents

Author weaves Bengali Family stories into latest novel

The novelist Philip Hensher is pointing out the key line in his new novel, Scenes From Early Life. And it's not the most obvious - or, it has to be said, promising - sentence for a book with such dramatic pretensions. "Life is full of moments of normality," ... [ Published May 02 2012 by Abu Dhabi National ]

Entities: Philip Hensher, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Sheffield, Bangladesh

First Reported Apr 29 2012 - Updated Apr 29 2012 - 1 Documents

Scenes from Early Life by Philip Hensher – review

Philip Hensher's semi-fictional account of his husband's Bengali childhood is a fascinating hybrid of novel and memoirAfter partition in 1947, the western half of the province of Bengal was ceded to India, and the east to Pakistan. "Pakistan was to be ... [ Published Apr 29 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Philip Hensher, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India

First Reported Apr 20 2012 - Updated Apr 20 2012 - 2 Documents

Scenes from Early Life: A Novel by Philip Hensher – review

Philip Hensher's tale of two cities is a mash-up of fact and fictionIt is a fervent hope for the children of violent civil war that their most keenly remembered pain should be of the death of a pet chicken. Mercifully for the reader, Piklu's tragic journey ... [ Published Apr 20 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Philip Hensher, Pakistan, Alex Clark, Thimble, dowry

First Reported Apr 13 2012 - Updated Apr 13 2012 - 1 Documents

Scenes From Early Life: A Novel, By Philip Hensher

Mahmood, or Saadi as he his nicknamed, begins with memories of his grandfather's sprawling home in Dacca (modern Dhaka). Born into an upper-middle class Bengali family in 1970, at a time when post-Partition Bengal is buckling under Pakistani sovereignty, ... [ Published Apr 13 2012 by The Independent ]

Entities: Philip Hensher, George Eliot, Sectarian Violence, India

First Reported Apr 12 2012 - Updated Apr 12 2012 - 1 Documents

Scenes from Early Life by Philip Hensher: review

'Scenes from Early Life' is a beguiling rites-of-passage novel set in Seventies Bangladesh Philip Henshers reputation rests on intelligent dissections of serious, adult dilemmas and subtle experiments in form. In his latest novel, he takes his husbands ... [ Published Apr 12 2012 by Telegraph ]

Entities: Philip Hensher, Bangladesh, Turmeric, Nana, Jalapeño

First Reported Apr 08 2012 - Updated Apr 08 2012 - 1 Documents

Between the Covers 08/04/2012

Hammer will again produce the movie, which is based on another story by Hill, and the author is said to be working closely with them on it. This year's hit film stars Daniel Radcliffe as the solicitor who is summoned to a job at Eel Marsh House, and the ... [ Published Apr 08 2012 by The Independent ]

Entities: Isaac Newton, Philip Hensher, Irvine Welsh, Christiaan Huygens

First Reported Apr 08 2012 - Updated Apr 08 2012 - 1 Documents

Scenes from Early Life, By Philip Hensher

The story is narrated by Saadi, who was a baby when the 1971 war of independence took place, and who cannot therefore know at first-hand much of what he eventually describes. Saturated with gentleness, humour and affection, it's a world away from Hensher's ... [ Published Apr 08 2012 by The Independent ]

Entities: Philip Hensher, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Rohinton Mistry, Bangladesh, Vikram Seth

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My Muse and me [ Published 20 hours ago by Guardian.co.uk ]
Between the Covers 27/05/2012 [ Published May 27 2012 by The Independent ]
Great Gatsby: a story for the modern age [ Published May 23 2012 by Telegraph ]
Alan Hollinghurst: 'The Booker can drive people... [ Published May 20 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Critical eye: book reviews roundup [ Published May 18 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Book Grocer: 16-22 May [ Published May 16 2012 by Londonist ]
Rediscovering Elizabeth Taylor – the brilliant ... [ Published May 11 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
The story of a nation [ Published May 05 2012 by Bangladesh Daily Star ]
Author weaves Bengali Family stories into lates... [ Published May 02 2012 by Abu Dhabi National ]
Scenes from Early Life by Philip Hensher – review [ Published Apr 29 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
World Book Night in Madrid [ Published Apr 25 2012 by Telegraph ]
Critical eye: book reviews roundup [ Published Apr 20 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Pure by Timothy Mo – review [ Published Apr 20 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Scenes from Early Life: A Novel by Philip Hensh... [ Published Apr 20 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Cry freedom [ Published Apr 20 2012 by Spectator ]
Scenes From Early Life: A Novel, By Philip Hensher [ Published Apr 13 2012 by The Independent ]
Scenes from Early Life by Philip Hensher: review [ Published Apr 12 2012 by Telegraph ]
Between the Covers 08/04/2012 [ Published Apr 08 2012 by The Independent ]
Scenes from Early Life, By Philip Hensher [ Published Apr 08 2012 by The Independent ]
Rereading: authors reveal their literary addict... [ Published Apr 08 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Q is for queer theatre [ Published Apr 03 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]