Tag: literature
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.
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.
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?
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...
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…
