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Hello. Literary director of the library of Congress Welcome to the National Book festival this is a very special program for me the only one at the festival that doesnt necessarily have an author or a book we are discussing we are discussing festivals themselves in the way we have had to reinvent them in these very interesting days throughout the world on a global stage in which we are reinventing a lot of things in a virtual mode this is something everybody on the panel is doing or has done and...

Bob Mortimer says he’s “chuffed” to be celebrating winning a literary award with a very amusing first prize.

Bob Mortimer scoops a book award for The Satsuma Complex - 23rd winner of the Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

A pig will be named in honour of The Satsuma Complex, this year’s winner of the award for comic fiction

Peter Florence continues his Rugby World Cup Diary with a look toward the final game and the crowning of champions.

Peter Florence continues his Rugby World Cup diary looking forward to the prospect of the final four, and asks, what do we do now?

Ahead of quarter finals, Peter Florence offers a preview of what lies ahead for the remaining teams.

A colleague’s stories about K.S. Sachidananda Murthy, former resident editor of The Week

The Rugby World Cup moves on from the group stages and looks forward to the business end of the tournament and the knockout quarter finals.

The Rugby World Cup throws top more surprises and drama, jeopardy and predictability, and Peter Florence continues his snapshots.