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  1. Ian Sansom: Mince on Toast with Christopher Isherwood

    5/5Ian Sansom reflects on the supreme sociability of Christopher Isherwood.

  2. Ian Sansom: Cheese Dreams with Graham Greene

    4/5Ian Sansom explores his own and Graham Greene’s active dream life.

  3. Helen Mort: More Than Enough

    3/5Helen Mort's daily walks echo the explorations of Dorothy Wordsworth in the Lake District.

  4. AL Kennedy: Hope On, Hope Ever

    2/5AL Kennedy on the fortitude and humanity of Edward Wilson's Antarctic diaries.

  5. AL Kennedy: The Towers We Founded and the Lamps We Lit

    1/5AL Kennedy pursues the ever-restless wanderings of Robert Louis Stevenson.