With the sad news this week of the passing of Alan Rickman, I look back on my childhood, which was immersed in the phenomenon that was (and still is) Harry Potter. The books – as well as the films – were part of many children’s lives growing up in the 2000s and Alan Rickman, with […]
With one positively gargantuan year for literature behind us, it would be wrong to expect another such year. Just plain greedy. But in 2016, blockbusting, record-breaking, appetite-whetting literature is not going to be difficult to come by, even for those who never have the time or energy to read between lectures and essays. Yes, before […]