Rudyard Kipling
Alan Bennett dedicates Kipling poem A Dead Statesman to Boris Johnson
The playwright’s annual diary excerpt criticises the prime minister and Donald Trump and recalls an encounter with Philip Roth
Alison Flood
22, Dec, 2021 @1:00 PM
Mowgli, Bagheera, Baloo: Rudyard Kipling’s own sketches of the Jungle Book cast revealed
Until recently, drawings made to help shape the characters could only be seen in the British Library. Now they will feature in a new edition
Dalya Alberge
21, Nov, 2021 @10:00 AM
English Heritage recognises Blyton and Kipling’s racism – but blue plaques to stay
Blue plaques left unchanged, but charity website details Blyton’s ‘old-fashioned xenophobia’ and Kipling’s ‘imperialist sentiments’
Alison Flood
17, Jun, 2021 @1:36 PM
How the Just So Stories were Made by John Batchelor review – an origin story of origin stories
A scrupulous account of the brilliance and family tragedy that lies behind Kipling’s joyful collection of animal stories
Kathryn Hughes
23, Apr, 2021 @8:00 AM
'We are guests on Earth': Akram Khan to stage The Jungle Book as climate crisis tale
Choreographer’s new version, to be performed at Leicester’s Curve in 2022, reinvents Kipling’s Mowgli as a climate refugee
Lyndsey Winship
19, Mar, 2021 @10:27 AM
The Jungle Book review – riotous show gets into the swing of Kipling
The tales of Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera are inventively staged with integrated sign language and a community cast
Kate Wyver
10, Apr, 2019 @11:17 AM
The Wall by John Lanchester review – ‘The Others are coming’
From Brexit to migration, this masterly climate change dystopia explores contemporary fears with a blend of realism and metaphor
Tom Holland
19, Jan, 2019 @9:00 AM
Unseen tales reveal the young Rudyard Kipling honing his skills
The Jungle Book author’s vivid early stories from India are being published, many for the first time
Dalya Alberge
14, Oct, 2018 @9:00 AM
On the jungle trail: revisiting Kipling's children's classic
Katherine Rundell was thrilled by the idea of plunging back into the world of Mowgli, Bagheera and Mother Wolf ... but could she create a prequel to The Jungle Book without killing the magic?
Katherine Rundell
08, Sep, 2018 @10:00 AM
Fair trade cocaine wouldn’t delight dealers | Brief letters
Brief letters: Middle-class cocaine use | Black photographers in Vogue | Maya Angelou and Rudyard Kipling | The Silk Roads | Whale-dolphin hybrid
Letters
01, Aug, 2018 @4:57 PM
Even Rudyard Kipling felt iffy about If | Letters
Letters: thoughts from John Anzani, Richard Maidment and Mike Wright following the decision to erase Rudyard Kipling’s poem, If, from a display at the University of Manchester
Letters
22, Jul, 2018 @5:41 PM
We can’t paint over our racist past | Letters
Letters: Manchester university students defacing a Kipling poem draws mixed responses from readers
Letters
20, Jul, 2018 @4:27 PM
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