Elizabeth Day: 'I wanted to write the next Great Gatsby — I failed'
The author and How to Fail podcaster Elizabeth Day tells Jake Helm about writing party scenes, defying book snobs and heartbreak
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The author and How to Fail podcaster Elizabeth Day tells Jake Helm about writing party scenes, defying book snobs and heartbreak
The sizzling streetside grills of Montreal food festivals are roaring back this summer after two years in storage. First, we had Yatai MTL, a celebration of local Japanese goods and food in the Mile End. In July, the Old Port will host a 100-dish night market showcasing bouffe de rue from around the world. And later this month, Polski Piknik will make its triumphant return, this time in Montreal's Parc Jeanne-Mance, for the first time since 2019.
Elizabeth Day (pictured) is currently reading Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart. She would take The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante to a desert island
SIR – The world, especially the West, stood by while Vladimir Putin rigged elections, imprisoned political opponents, authorised killings on foreign soil and supported international law-breaking by Belarus.
He illustrated the Meg and Mog series, told the Christmas and Easter stories with silhouettes and delighted children with his pop-up books