Books Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventures in storytelling A new biography reveals the author as shaped by conflicting influences – and affirms his status as a serious writer. By Andrew Motion
The real Christopher Isherwood The poet’s candid project of self-discovery prefigured autofiction and shaped a generation of writers. By Andrew Motion
How Larkin’s stammer may have helped him find his voice As a child, he couldn’t even ask for a railway ticket. Could the clarity of his poems have emerged… By Andrew Motion