Culture | Speaking in tongues
Why do writers abandon their native language?
Jhumpa Lahiri no longer writes in her mother tongue, following in the literary footsteps of Beckett, Nabokov and Conrad.

An old, leisurely way to watch television drama is back in vogue
On binge-watching v stinge-watching

What to watch this weekend
With a little help from your friends

A celebrated novelist grapples with “Moby-Dick”
Xiaolu Guo, a fisherman’s daughter, reimagines the whaling epic with added Taoism
Bill v Melinda Gates: whose memoir should you read?
The battle of the billionaire books
The success of “LOL: Last One Laughing” is no joke
It is a rare comedy show that has gone global
A century on, Art Deco is as stylish as ever
Minimalist furniture is out; opulent interiors are in