Philip Hensher

Short stories to enjoy in lockdown

Philip Hensher chooses some of his favourite authors, including Chekhov, V.S. Pritchett, Alice Munro and Italo Calvino

Alice Munro, photographed by Nancy Crampton. Her story ‘Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage’ is a sunny account of wrongdoing all round [Bridgeman Images]

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