The Prince of Wales’s recent comments on GM food reopened the debate over whether he is fit to be king. But what else is he fit for? Paul Theroux has a suggestion. In his new book, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, he reports an encounter he had in India with the Prince, parts of […]

Looking for an authoritative and frank guide to Barcelona? I’d recommend Pepe Carvalho, a former cop, former Marxist and constant gourmet. You can find him in the crime fiction of Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, the Catalan journalist and novelist. That enterprising publisher Serpent’s Tail is issuing this month, for the first time in English, Montalbán’s Tattoo. […]