We are treated to nearly three hours of their company, telling each other little white lies as they interact, each seeming unable to express or fully articulate their feelings or grief. These ...

The long-windedness of clergy members will be weighed; the vocal merits of others debated; a mantra – “when will services be over?” – will be repeated again and again.

Back in 1927, in his Aspects of the Novel lectures, E.M. Forster famously urged writers to develop "round" characters rather than "flat" ones. Along with a handful of like-minded novelists since ...

President Barack Obama's campaign on Monday tried to tamp down expectations for his debate performance against Mitt Romney, and acknowledged that the former law professor needs to learn to shorten ...

Much is obvious in Phillip Howze’s “Six Characters,” beginning with its title, a reference to Luigi Pirandello’s seminal metatheatrical work, “Six Characters in Search of an Author.” The dilemma in Mr ...

She may only be New York’s junior senator, but Kirsten Gillibrand takes a backseat to no one in having her say. And her say. And her say. And her say. She made the most of it yesterday in the… ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Letter news every morning. From Mr Ian Walker. Sir, Lord Justice Leveson is clearly no Voltaire, who apologised to his friend that ...