Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess translation of Molière’s The Miser comes to light for first time
The A Clockwork Orange author’s translation – complete with recording – hailed as significant literary discovery
Dalya Alberge
06, Nov, 2022 @1:00 PM
A Clockwork Orange at 50: Stanley Kubrick’s biggest, boldest provocation
The controversial 1971 adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s button-pushing novel remains both utterly repellent and utterly compelling
Scott Tobias
19, Dec, 2021 @7:03 AM
Inside the Booker Prize: arguments, agonies and carefully encouraged scandals
The long read: Its knack for creating tension and controversy has helped it remain an energising force in publishing for more than 50 years – but how do writers, publishers and judges cope with the annual agony of the Booker?
Charlotte Higgins
05, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM
Poem of the week: To Vladimir Nabokov … by Anthony Burgess
Part showy display of literary style, part grumpy personal letter, this is a rich celebration of the power of writing
Carol Rumens
19, Apr, 2021 @10:50 AM
Yiu: The World Was Once All Miracle; etc review | Andrew Clements's classical release of the week
Three works by Raymond Yiu highlight his instinctive originality, in evocative instrumental writing that is part game, part travelogue
Andrew Clements
12, Feb, 2021 @3:27 PM
Top 10 Shakespearean books | Robert McCrum
William Shakespeare’s influence on English literature is enormous, but from Dr Johnson to Germaine Greer, some outstanding works have explored his legacy and life story
Robert McCrum
02, Dec, 2020 @11:00 AM
‘Don’t read Clockwork Orange – it’s a foul farrago,’ wrote Burgess
The great novelist saw himself as a poet, and newly found stanzas show him berating his own bestseller in verse
Dalya Alberge
08, Nov, 2020 @7:15 AM
Burgess papers reveal alternatives to notorious Earthly Powers ‘catamite’ opening
As the novel turns 40, researchers discover manuscripts with different versions of the provocative first line
Vanessa Thorpe
17, May, 2020 @7:13 AM
Thomas Keneally: ‘Does anyone write a good book at 83? Well, I think I have’’
The Australian novelist on crying over a Dickens biography, laughing at Kathy Lette and the classic he is ashamed not to have read
Thomas Keneally
06, Dec, 2019 @10:00 AM
Are millennials really driving ‘cancel culture’ - or is it their overcautious critics?
Older generations argue that young people’s insistence on equality in all things – including books – threatens to stifle free speech. But is that always true?
Sofka Zinovieff
10, Jul, 2019 @10:03 AM
Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism 2019
Enter our annual competition for exceptional reviews of new works in the arts
The Observer
26, May, 2019 @7:00 AM
The Clockwork Condition: lost sequel to A Clockwork Orange discovered
Unfinished manuscript found among Anthony Burgess’s papers was described by the author as ‘a major philosophical statement on the contemporary human condition’
Alison Flood
25, Apr, 2019 @9:13 AM
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