Male bonding in Hollywood and the Metropolitan police
Letter: Men’s attachment to each other is central to the narrative of buddy movies and important in real life, but there is a downside for women, writes Allegra Madgwick
August 2022
What Salman Rushdie told me about how to deal with fear
Letters: Anyone who cares about our liberties owes the author a debt of gratitude, writes Graham Swift
This adaptation of the Graham Swift novel look and sounds lush, but the pace is so languorous your emotions never have a chance to get going
January 2021
A pandemic that should never be forgotten
Graham Swift on Last Orders, 25 years on: 'I wasn't born a writer - I had to become one'
May 2020
Here We Are review – breathtaking storytelling from Graham Swift
The novelist turns the musty tale of a love triangle set in the postwar music hall into something complex and emotionally rich
February 2020
Here We Are by Graham Swift review – a tale of magic, love and loss
From the blitz to Brighton’s end-of-the-pier shows, this is a dreamlike story of England’s suburban underbelly
January 2020
Book clinic
Book clinic: where are the romantic novels that aren’t riddled with cliches?
From Jane Eyre to Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn, Kate Kellaway recommends the best reads about love
April 2018
Book clinic
Book clinic: which male authors excel at writing female characters?
From Tolstoy to John Banville, our expert suggests the men who can write from a woman’s perspective
December 2017
Nonfiction to look out for in 2018
Spies, suffragettes and Mary Shelley feature heavily in next year’s nonfiction lists – along with essays from the likes of Zadie Smith, Graham Swift and Amos Oz
July 2017
Books blog
Graham Swift’s Mothering Sunday wins fiction’s most secretive prize
The writer’s 10th novel has won the £15,000 Hawthornden prize, sponsored by arts patron Drue Heinz
March 2017
Walter Scott prize for historical fiction unveils 2017 shortlist
Rereading
Graham Swift: ‘As a novelist, I’m in for the long haul’
February 2016
Digested read
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift – digested
Critical eye
Book reviews roundup: Mothering Sunday; The Button Box; City of Thorns
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift review – exquisitely told, deeply affecting
Book of the day
Mothering Sunday: A Romance by Graham Swift review – a perfect small tragedy
July 2015
Paperback writer
Graham Swift: 'As human beings we're all short-story enthusiasts'
The author of England and Other Stories, returning to short fiction after many years writing only novels, wonders why the two forms are considered so radically distinct
October 2014
The 100 best novels
The 100 best novels: No 55 – As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (1930)
The influence of William Faulkner’s immersive tale of raw Mississippi rural life can be felt to this day, writes Robert McCrum
August 2014
England and Other Stories review – Graham Swift's affectionate chronicle of everyday lives
Legends are felled, opportunities missed and secrets laid bare in Graham Swift's clever new collection, says Lucy Scholes
