Books – New Intrigue

The Philosophy of Cozy

I want to talk about the number of cats on book covers, and in particular, the…

Many articles are now discussing the decline in reading among the younger generation. Half of adults…

The husband’s favourite section of the Tao Te Ching is about the space between things. A…

Hi all, My new novel Eloquent Graffiti is coming out this month, and is only a…

Sunset in Rome in February. Warm enough to sit in a t-shirt on the stone steps…

The Café Fleury is covered in scaffolding by mid-summer, caused by the building works happening on…

Saturday morning starts early in Berlin, where everyone is already out enjoying their breakfast. In Germany,…

I took the morning train down to Starnberg and immediately exited the station onto a stunning…

Elif Batuman has become something of a cult figure in certain social circles. A writer who,…

It was lush inside, but simultaneously a mess, with papers lying everywhere, and old magazines, and…