Novelist Robert Harris said 20th century politicians in love and wanting to conduct affairs had it easier than today, in a talk at the Henley Literary Festival. Harris discussed his latest book, Precipice, during a wide-ranging discussion at the event in Henley-upon-Thames, Oxfordshire, at which The Independent is the festival’sContinue Reading

The western is one of the most beloved genres of all. In recent years, it seems to have been making a comeback of sorts. Just a few years back, Chloé Zhao released her standout rodeo film The Rider, while in 2016, western heads had to contend with Antoine Fuqua’s remakeContinue Reading

Did they or didn’t they actually have sex? This was the question for Robert Harris, éminence grise of fiction, bestseller, political zeitgeister, father of three, and, at 67, newly a first-time grandfather. His erotic quest concerned the relationship between married prime minister HH Asquith, the last Liberal Party prime minister to command aContinue Reading