HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean

DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world

JONATHAN TAYLOR is fascinated by the philosophical problems that permeate the art of life-writing

GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist

SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible

JENNY FARRELL relishes an intimate memoir about growing up in the household of the great Irish communist and playwright Sean O’Casey

SIAN LEWIS relishes a comprehensive account of high rise social housing in Britain by prize-winning social and political historian Holly Smith