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What makes a great writer? A key element is the right teacher. Belinda Castles reflects on her own guides, as do authors such as Margaret Drabble, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Paul Theroux in a new book.

After his biography of Naipaul, critics talked of the ‘French Effect’ and what the revelations meant for our understanding of the work

Abstract (Summary) For a man whose work contains many eloquent warnings of the dangers of misplaced political passions - the Islamic Revolution in Iran to [...]

THE Senate paid tribute to former National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) senator and former San Fernando mayor Dr Romesh Mootoo at its sitting at the Red House on Friday.

Paul Theroux checks into our travel Q&A and reveals that he has long fantasised about kayaking in Greenland. He also reflects on his very first trip abroad, back in the 60s.

The prolific novelist and travel writer is 81 but shows no signs of slowing down. He talks about adventure, criticism… and that memoir by his ex-wife

Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples by Naipaul, V. S. at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10:  0349110107 - ISBN 13:  9780349110103 - Abacus - 1999 - Softcover

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.

Amid resurgent questions over cultural identity and colonial legacies, the Nobel Prize for Literature 2021 has been awarded to the first writer since Sir V.S. Naipaul (2001) to deal with the vexed impact of colonialism and the dilemmas of ...

Celebrated for his extensive commentary on both, colonisers and colonised, in fiction and non-fiction, V S Naipaul walked the controversy tightrope, admired for his prose but scorned by those who perceived him as an apologist for imperial powers.