Christopher Hitchens

Orwell shock: no posthumous prize for Christopher Hitchens

First Post Wed 25 Apr, AT 10:28

Friends had expected his last book, Arguably, to be a shoo-in for the political writing award

Visions of Ecstasy

Easter week release for banned nun-meets-Jesus film

First Post Mon 2 Apr, AT 09:09

Visions of Ecstasy, only film ever banned on blasphemy grounds, finally released – but why in Holy Week, asks MP

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie writes sci-fi The Next People for TV

News Mon 13 Jun, AT 14:37

Novelist praises Mad Men and West Wing as he writes his own sci-fi drama

Stephen Gately

10 things you need to know this Monday

News Mon 19 Oct, AT 17:27

The First Post’s super-quick catch-up on the post-weekend talking points