The ObserverLife and styleMy ode chinaWorking in a barn at his Shropshire home, potter Rupert Spira spends days inscribing bowls with poetry. Tamsin Blanchard reads his work as it comes hot off the kilnPotters aren't ordinary people. To make a living from their work, they have to be 100 per cent dedicated to their craft. And it helps if their homes include a kiln or two. Rupert Spira's home is a potter's paradise. Read More...
The ObserverAndrew MillerReviewThe English writer brings the full range of his virtuosity to bear in a Napoleonic-era tale that veers from comedy and romance to outright menace
It’s a wonder Andrew Miller is not a household name. Now 58, he has been publishing confident, controlled fiction for more than 20 years; whether he alights on 18th-century Paris or 1990s Los Angeles, his novels are always suffused with wit, grit and melancholy wisdom. Read More...
Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) Tens of thousands protest across Germany after far-right party’s mass deportation meetings – video More than 100,000 people turned out across Germany on Saturday in protest against the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party. The protests began after it emerged AfD party members had attended meetings with neo-Nazis and other extremists to discuss the mass deportation of migrants, asylum seekers and German citizens of foreign origin deemed to have failed to integrate. Read More...