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“It’s true to say that writers are selfish people,” the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard once said. “But it’s not quite enough of an excuse.”

Woolf’s epic and unmatchable record of her life, times and writing process

The lives of female authors provide inspiration for a woman who finds herself starting over after divorce

The award-winning author of Citizen turns her mind to the complexities of balancing art and parenting

The Chinese-British author on leaving her family to find creative freedom, the effect on those she writes about in her revealing new book, and the power of Moby-Dick

Hermione Burton was an amateur painter with immaculate outfits but a turbulent life. Now artist Andy Holden has excavated her rollercoaster story in a film starring Saint Etienne’s Sarah Cracknell

Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton has worked with some of the world's most gifted directors: Jim Jarmusch, Wes Anderson, Bong Joon-ho and the Coen brothers. Her latest film is her third with her longtime friend and collaborator, British director Joanna Hogg. "The Eternal Daughter" is a contemplation of life and death,…

Philip called on his co-presenter for advice

Potter’s 1992 adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s book remains trance-inducingly strange, stuffed full of style and stars