British sculptor determined to turn convention on its head to create vast, uncontainable works of art
June 2022
Top 10s
Top 10 forests in fiction
Daphne du Maurier, Mervyn Peake and Angela Carter are among the authors enchanted by these shadowy borderlands of civilisation
May 2022
The Guardian view on Maeve Gilmore’s art: out from the shadows
Editorial: Cliches about the toll of domesticity on creativity undermine the achievements of this brilliant woman – and others like her
July 2020
Mervyn Peake 'visual archive' acquired by British Library
Library says illustrations, beginning when he was seven and continuing through his life as a novelist and illustrator, show he was one of the great ‘writer-artists’
April 2018
Neil Gaiman to produce Gormenghast adaptation for TV
Author set to adapt Mervyn Peake’s gothic fantasy series for TV, after years of talks
December 2015
Neil Gaiman in talks to adapt Gormenghast for cinema
Author tweets that he is in discussions with studios about a big-screen version of Mervyn Peake’s classic fantasy
February 2015
Baddies in books
Baddies in books: Steerpike, the great manipulator
Booksamillion
Which is your favourite classic book?
January 2015
Children's books
From Gatsby to Darcy: the top 10 liars in fiction
Nick Lake, author of There Will be Lies, selects his favourite fictional tricksters and tellers of untruths in books
August 2014
Books blog
What makes Gormenghast a masterpiece?
Marcus Sedgwick: Mervyn Peake's gothic fantasy has never matched the success of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Maybe it's just too good
July 2014
Children's books
Helen Grant's top 10 atmospheric locations
Location, location, location… The author of the Forbidden Spaces trilogy picks the best books with settings that are strikingly brought to life
May 2013
Point of view
Philip Hensher: The importance of place in fiction
It's often the setting of a novel that comes to mind for Philip Hensher rather than plot or character
February 2012
10 of the best
John Mullan's ten of the best: owls
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Valentine's Day: The 10 best love letters
September 2011
Children's books
Charlie Higson's top 10 fantasy books for children
From the Greek myths to JK Rowling, the writer and comedian picks stories which open doors on different realities
August 2011
Radio head
Radio head: Classic Serial – The History of Titus Groan
This terrific new adaptation captured every brilliant thing about Mervyn Peake's novels, writes Elisabeth Mahoney
July 2011
Mervyn Peake's war paintings unveiled by National Archives
Museum at Kew to display series showing victims of atrocities as the artist imagined Hitler might have drawn them
Jonathan Jones on art
Gormenghast author Mervyn Peake: master of the dark arts
Jonathan Jones: Peake was a true artist, who brought suggestiveness and shadow to his drawings as well as his words
Sue Arnold's audiobook choice
Sue Arnold's audiobook choice- reviews
Sue Arnold's audiobook choice: Good Evening, Mrs Craven by Mollie Panter-Downes, Four Stories by Alan Bennett and Peake's Progress by Mervyn Peake
April 2011
Michael Moorcock imagines tales of unseen Mervyn Peake pictures
The Sunday Books, using pictures drawn by the Gormenghast author for his children, will be published to coincide with Peake's centenary
