The British Library has just digitized 300 works from famous authors never seen before. This includes Virginia Woolf’s manuscript draft of Mrs Dalloway and an early travel notebook in which she begins ...

Displayed together for the first time, Medieval manuscripts by two of the earliest-known English female writers, Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe can now be viewed as part of London's Wellcome ...

One of the most famous and elusive literary mysteries in English literature has finally been solved. The Song of Wade - an incredibly popular poem from the Medieval period - was always believed to be ...

The brother, son and grandson of famous English writers, he carved out his own space as a composer, critic, columnist and historian. By Clay Risen Alexander Waugh, who throughout his varied career as ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...