F Scott Fitzgerald

Books set in summer: Sun, sea and... 10 of the best reads

From the French Riviera to Sag Harbor via faded English seaside resorts, fiction shows how long, hot days can be glorious but complicated

Sat Jul 18 2026 - 04:06

Elon Musk fuels further speculation about Twitter bid

Tesla founder working to secure the necesssary financing for takeover of social media group

Wed Apr 20 2022 - 07:47

No grand theory can explain the Ukraine crisis

Politics: The past couple of months have been embarrassing for intellectual elegance

Tue Apr 12 2022 - 15:47

The Divine Comedy: Charmed Life review – the Poet Laureate of Pop Music collected

More than just a condensed version of 30 years of Neil Hannon’s work

Fri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00

America needs political waverers like Sinema and Manchin

US Politics: For both senators, the basis of their opposition matters less than the fact of it

Tue Oct 12 2021 - 20:48

Michael Palin, Mike Leigh and Christy Moore: This week’s unmissable online events

Celine Byrne and Robert Webb also among the virtual attractions over next seven days

Thu Apr 29 2021 - 06:00

Sean Moncrieff: The Irish are in danger of losing their superpower

We are getting sucked into a binary view of the world: life isn’t black or white; it’s grey

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 06:00

Budd Schulberg: The screenwriter who made Marlon Brando a star

He spent a weekend with F Scott Fitzgerald, saw Nazi Germany and wrote On The Waterfront

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 06:00

Bertelsmann wins battle for Simon & Schuster with $2.18bn deal

Penguin owner ‘very confident’ of regulatory approval despite competition concerns

Wed Nov 25 2020 - 15:40

Maureen Dowd: Howling at the moon as America dumps Trump

President’s conspiracy schtick gets nowhere as Joe Biden’s Cinderfella story bewitches

Sun Nov 08 2020 - 11:06

Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension review – Reaching for something to believe in

An ambitious protest record that takes his favourite theme – America – to the next level

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 05:30

James Lee Burke: Donald Trump is ‘a master at capitalising on what is worst in people’

America’s greatest living mystery writer does not refer to the US president by name

Sat Aug 22 2020 - 05:00

This Side of Paradise – An Irishman’s Diary on the Irish connections to F Scott Fitzgerald’s debut novel

Thu Mar 26 2020 - 00:01

On the centenary of Prohibition, is creative intoxication still a thing?

Writers have often used drink or drugs to ‘see beyond’ reality. Or was it all an illusion?

Sat Jan 25 2020 - 07:00