Actor who won an Olivier award in 1979 and became famous as Mrs Warboys in the TV sitcom One Foot in the Grave
July 2021
Books that made me
Lisa Taddeo: ‘I suppose it comes as no surprise that I like dark writing’
The novelist on the influence of Joy Williams, giving up on Norman Mailer and finding comfort in William Trevor’s short stories
May 2018
Last Stories by William Trevor review – the master’s final dispatches
Book of the day
Julian Barnes on William Trevor's final stories – a master of the short form
December 2017
Top 10s
Top 10 books about growing old
While ageing can all too easily leave some frightened, the likes of Alec Guinness, Nora Ephron and Julian Barnes have produced wry and positive takes on old age
March 2017
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life, by Yiyun Li – review
A startlingly original memoir from the Chinese-American author on her time in a mental hospital and the healing power of reading
January 2017
Top 10s
Top 10 books about voyeurs
Reading fiction is a variety of voyeurism already, but these stories brilliantly examine the most sinister varieties of looking
November 2016
No wonder William Trevor was conflicted over Irish nationalism
In times like these, art has the power to make us feel less alone
Christina Patterson
William Trevor: ‘An acute observer with an outsider’s eye for detail’
William Trevor obituary
October 2014
Top 10s
The top 10 rural Irish books
Ireland’s unique countryside seeps into many great novels, becoming as much a character as any protagonist. Here are the top 10 rural Irish books, by Paul Charles
December 2012
The Guardian UK Culture Podcast
Yiyun Li reads 'Three People' by William Trevor
Yiyun Li reads William Trevor’s ‘Three People’, a short story which moved her to write a story in reply, ‘Gold Boy, Emerald Girl’
October 2012
Books blog
Nobel prize in literature: who will win?
William Trevor's odds for Nobel literature prize tumble
May 2012
Books blog
Which out-of-print book would you like to see republished?
Wayne Gooderham: Hesperus Press are asking the public to nominate a novel for republication, with the winner’s pitch used as an introduction. Post your suggestions below
March 2012
A brief survey of the short story
A brief survey of the short story part 39: William Trevor
Chris Power: Trevor's greatest skill is seamless characterisation: words that appear authorial are actually those of his protagonists
November 2011
Books season
William Trevor An Idyll in Winter
In the first of a series of exclusive short stories, William Trevor tells of a tutor and his young pupil, whose lives are thrown into turmoil when they meet up again years later
April 2011
Impac prize shortlist dominated by three-strong Irish contingent
Colm Tóibín, Colum McCann and William Trevor are all in the frame for the world's most lucrative literary award
November 2009
The Collected Stories by William Trevor
Joseph O'Connor salutes the achievement of a master storyteller
