IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE
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Friday Feb 10
Little-known genius
The life of a man still not recognised as one of the most influential writers of modern times
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Friday Feb 10
Stuff of dreams
A teenage misfit discovers that she is the queen of the troll world
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Friday Feb 10
Party of two
Michelle Obama has considerable influence on her husband and, hence, on the US presidency
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Friday Feb 10
A cutting account
Humiliation connects us at the deepest level even as it tears us apart
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Friday Feb 10
Out of this world
Amanda Hocking's rise to the bestselling list is just as fantastic as her novels
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Friday Feb 10
‘I exorcise the characters'
Andrea Riseborough seems to operate on a level detached from earthly concerns and worries — but she has a chameleon-like ability to be a totally different person on screen
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Friday Feb 10
Securing the street
The Kingdom of Bahrain is faced with a dual challenge — to keep protesters off Manama's public spaces and woo back tourists
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Friday Feb 10
Errors in judgment
Being judgmental has fallen out of fashion and with good reason, but we need our sympathetic ears pinned back sometimes
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Friday Feb 10
Myths about Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities encompasses London and Paris, with activity in both places appearing to unfold simultaneously.
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Friday Feb 10
A vision of the future
Both Hafez and ideas of space travel find a place in Ala Ebtekar's new collection of works, in which he depicts the world everyone — including the exiled Iranian — longs for
