Pico Iyer
The Mahabharata of Literary Festivals
Forget glitchy microphones and cheap white wine. The Jaipur Literature Festival is the biggest and best of its kind in the world
Ticket to Telluride
America’s most highbrow—and low-key—film festival turns 50
A Man of Parts
John le Carré was always obsessed with controlling his narrative. Following the publication of a tell-all by one of his mistresses, the spy novelist is once again seeking to set the record straight—this time, from the grave
The Magic of Jan Morris
Will we ever have another like the Welsh writer extraordinaire who managed to write as beautifully on Che Guevara as she did on the virtues of sneezing?
How to Be Cool and Warm at Once
The irreplaceable publisher Sonny Mehta, who died on December 30, possessed the rare ability to unite style and sincerity
Dead Prime Ministers Society
A rare look inside Eton, Britain’s most respected (and reviled) boarding school
The Calm Before the Storm
A letter from Hong Kong
A Home Called Raffles
One hotel for the ages
