The Enchanter of Words Readers have voted Salman Rushdies 1981 novel Midnights Children their favourite Booker prize-winner of all time. He talks to Stuart Jeffries
about surviving a fatwa, and why free speech is as important as ever.
Wild child of poetry Its been said he drank as hard as he worked! Marriane De Nazareth
explores the work of Dylan Thomas who became famous as much for his
turbulent lifestyle as his brilliant poetry.
HUMOUR
Green fatigue All this global warming business is making me feel the heat. I try very hard to be eco-conscious, often risking domestic peace over environmental issues.
SIXTH SENSE
An ill omen TV was yet to make its bow in those bygone days, films were the only source of entertainment to the young and like most teenagers, Suma had developed a crush on a famous hero of Kannada moviedom who
