The star Scottish guitarist turns to South America; Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva play Poulenc and more; and the Mēla Guitar Quartet premiere works by the author of A Clockwork Orange

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The controversial 1971 adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s button-pushing novel remains both utterly repellent and utterly compelling

Part showy display of literary style, part grumpy personal letter, this is a rich celebration of the power of writing

Three works by Raymond Yiu highlight his instinctive originality, in evocative instrumental writing that is part game, part travelogue

William Shakespeare’s influence on English literature is enormous, but from Dr Johnson to Germaine Greer, some outstanding works have explored his legacy and life story

The Australian novelist on crying over a Dickens biography, laughing at Kathy Lette and the classic he is ashamed not to have read

Older generations argue that young people’s insistence on equality in all things – including books – threatens to stifle free speech. But is that always true?

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Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, American Psycho ... many of these books were originally condemned as immoral for humanising the evil at their heart

Burgess’s vision of medieval Europe is finally brought to life in this vivid pastiche