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Vargas Llosa's first novel, published in Spanish as La Ciudad y Los Perros (The City and the Dogs), is set in a military academy in Peru, the Leoncio Prado Academy, which the author himself attended. When published, it caused such a stir that the academy's authorities burned 1,000 copies of the book in protest. The

The actor and childrens author on a VR installation about Mexican immigrants, sitcom Nathan for You and a hilarious memoir by the breakout star of Girls Trip Born in Oman in 1976 to Scottish parents, Isla Fisher moved to Australia at the age of six. Her acting career began in the Australian soap Home and

If you're trying to kill time with the children before curtain-up, the Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is a great place to do it. Costumes from past productions brighten empty corners, interesting objects hang from the ceiling, and tiny doors up the stairwell open to reveal model play scenes. When we visited, the Sprite Symphony

Smoked mackerel on couscous with horseradish yoghurt and spicy oil, a stir-fry of greens and fluffy eggs with a garlicky relish, and pak choi with spicy tofu and pickled cucumber The words 30-minute meals can sound like a huge time commitment or a super-speedy way of getting dinner on the table. For me, it can

Lights rich account of her marriage to the historian Raphael Samuel offers insights into radical London and a progressive way of living Most memoirs are not really very memorable like most lives. We live, we do what little we must do, and then we die and are soon forgotten. Even if we achieve great