Cast in Stone
VICTORIA LESLIE examines the themes that lie within A.S. Byatt’s metamorphic story ‘A Stone Woman’: ‘This story is unequivocally about change, but also about notions of stasis and permanence…’
One Thousand Tales to Read Before You Die
In this feature, MIKE SMITH explores The World’s Thousand Best Short Stories: ‘Some of the stories are still well-known and still anthologised regularly. Some of the authors are still household names. But many, too, are long forgotten and it is amongst these that I have found the greatest reading pleasure…’