Mervyn Peake

Dame Phyllida Barlow obituary

British sculptor determined to turn convention on its head to create vast, uncontainable works of art

Charles Darwent

13, Mar, 2023 @6:12 PM

Top 10 forests in fiction | Zoe Gilbert

Daphne du Maurier, Mervyn Peake and Angela Carter are among the authors enchanted by these shadowy borderlands of civilisation

Zoe Gilbert

15, Jun, 2022 @11:00 AM

The Guardian view on Maeve Gilmore’s art: out from the shadows | Editorial

Editorial: Cliches about the toll of domesticity on creativity undermine the achievements of this brilliant woman – and others like her

Editorial

15, May, 2022 @5:25 PM

Mervyn Peake 'visual archive' acquired by British Library

Library says illustrations, beginning when he was seven and continuing through his life as a novelist and illustrator, show he was one of the great ‘writer-artists’

Alison Flood

15, Jul, 2020 @2:54 PM

Neil Gaiman to produce Gormenghast adaptation for TV

Author set to adapt Mervyn Peake’s gothic fantasy series for TV, after years of talks

Alison Flood

04, Apr, 2018 @2:15 PM

Baddies in books: Steerpike, the great manipulator

Mervyn Peake’s calculating and ghoulish shape-shifter fascinates readers and drives the plot of the Gormenghast series

Kate Wilkinson

24, Feb, 2015 @7:30 AM

Which is your favourite classic book?

As we approach a million followers on Twitter, we’re celebrating with a series on our favourite books. Yesterday we revelled in our earliest reading memories, so today we’ve moved on to classics

Marta Bausells

05, Feb, 2015 @6:10 PM