Stephen Fry on Saki's Sredni Vashtar - short story podcast
A small boy’s rebellion takes a sinister turn in Saki’s classic tale – a story loved by Stephen Fry, who explains why
December 2016
Top 10s
Top 10 cats in literature
From riddlers to reincarnated geniuses and fine artists, author Lynne Truss selects fictional felines who show why it’s worth risking one’s reputation to write about them
May 2016
Children's books
Why we need wildness in children's fiction
From The Wild Things to Saki’s beast children to Peter Pan, Philip Womack on why he is, and always was, drawn to the wild side of children’s books
November 2015
The long tale of the British short story
What makes the British short story special? In a trawl through thousands, Philip Hensher found a generous tradition that not only suits established writers but gives a platform to voices on the edge of society
December 2014
Top 10s
Lynne Truss’s top 10 gothic novels
From ETA Hoffman to Wilkie Collins and even Saki, here are some of the best examples of a genre that has only recently been recognised as ‘proper’ literature
September 2012
My hero
Saki: my hero
'His stories are cut-glass beauties, pitiless and hard-edged and constantly poking fun at the pretensions of the middle and upper classes. Why not be cruel and hard? Life hadn't been especially nice to him'
March 2012
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones - review
Helen Dunmore detects hints of Saki in a country-house drama
June 2011
Radio head
Radio head: Woman's Hour Drama – Saki
This updating just doesn't ring true in the way a Saki story does
December 2010
Season's readings
Season's readings: Three stories by Saki
Nell Boase: His bracingly nasty takes on Edwardian Christmases remain all too recognisable
September 2009
Books blog
A brief survey of the short story part 21: Saki
The icy comedy of HH Munro's stories has kept their power to shock nicely preserved
July 2008
Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)
'A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.'
May 2008
In praise of ... Saki
Leader
Leader: Sometimes seen as a purveyor of drawing-room wit in the manner of Wodehouse or Wilde, Saki is undeniably droll
May 2003
Four legs bad
Animals played a key part in the works of the author Saki - but cute, brave, Lassie types they certainly were not. Justine Hankins looks at the satirist's works.
