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The elephant culturally symbolises India more than any other country and British novelist Paul Pickering says the pachyderm in his new novel has her r

Credit: Getty Images Our columnist Joe Gibbs has been sitting for a portrait, despite a few misgivings. Here's what he's learned. I’m having my portrait painted. I can give you several excellent objective reasons for this. A painting of my wife executed some years ago seems lonely without a pair to it, we agree; her words, not mine. Other generations of our family hang around the walls of our home, including our children, leaving a paternal question mark of sorts for the future and a sense of the incomplete. It becomes daily more apparent that, if I don’t take the plunge soon, the on...

British novelist Paul Pickering's 'Elephant' is a love story with an Indian connection Updated: Updated: The book, published by Salt Publishing, spans two historical periods. Share Article The book, published by Salt Publishing, spans two historical periods. The elephant culturally symbolises India more than any other country and British novelist Paul Pickering says the pachyderm in his new novel has her roots in India. According to the author, his book Elephant is an affirmation of “I am my voice”. “And my voice is as big as an elephant, which in turn is as big as creation. In the ...

Schubert’s gentle lyricism bookended Saturday’s concerts with four songs from the soprano and the SSO in the afternoon and the ACO in the evening.

A World of Editing The recent announcement of Shakespeare and Company’s “Paris Literary Prize,” to be awarded to the best novella by an unpublished writer, set me thinking about my inspiration to go into publishing: Shakespeare and Company’s founder Sylvia Beach. (Like many teenagers with literary aspirations, I spent an intense few months working for the bookshop’s current owner, George Whitman.) Beach’s Paris bookshop and lending library was more than just a space where writers could meet and find inspiration; it became a publishing house as well when Sylvia stepped into the bre...