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  • The Top 10 British Heroes in Fiction

    Icons October 2017

    The Top 10 British Heroes in Fiction

    We list the greatest rakes ever to appear in British literature, print and cinema, from Sherlock Holmes to Robin Hood.

  • I Spy: John Le Carré

    Icons February 2017

    I Spy: John Le Carré

    Intellectual, author and a thoroughly elegant individual, David Cornwell, a.k.a ‘John Le Carre’, is a discreet and intriguing Rake icon.

  • Why aren’t poets cool any more?

    Code September 2016

    Why aren’t poets cool any more?

    From Ancient Greece to post-War America via 18th Century England, lyrical masters have led intoxicating lives and exuded hip factor from every pore. What happened?

  • Later Than Life: Posthumous Pioneers

    Icons August 2016

    Later Than Life: Posthumous Pioneers

    As our theme of eminence grise continues to explore rakish characters for whom success came later in life, we examine the sad few who never got to enjoy their own...

  • A Man Of Letters: Charles Bukowski

    Icons August 2016

    A Man Of Letters: Charles Bukowski

    Our August theme – the enduring triumvirate that is maturity, integrity and clout – takes a hearty swig of free-form literary sour mash courtesy of Charles Bukowski: a writer whose…

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