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A painting of Don Quixote, the protagonist of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s novel, and his companion Sancho Panza, by French painter Honore Daumier from the late 19th century. (VCG Wilson/Getty Image)

Will the real Don Quixote please stand up?

The seminal Spanish novel and its author are difficult to pin down in translation and history

Female forward: An illustration of Murasaki Shikibu, who lived in Japan from about 973 to 1014, writing The Tale of Genji, a court romance some consider the world’s first novel. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

What’s in a name, a novel?

Women writers have often been treated badly but the first novel was written by one

Artistic director Iain MacDonald says the team is dynamic, loud, energetic and full of life: ‘They fit in so beautifully.’ (Delwyn Verasamy)

Covid-19: Cancelled performances cost Joburg Ballet R1-million

Don Quixote was cancelled after only four performances. The M&G talked to the Joburg Ballet’s chief executive and artistic director about the implications

Artistic director Iain MacDonald says the team is dynamic, loud, energetic and full of life: ‘They fit in so beautifully.’ (Delwyn Verasamy)

Joburg Ballet’s Brazilian flavour

The Joburg Theatre is defying the conventions of classical ballet by not giving the lead roles to white men in Don Quixote

Is this really China’s biggest coward?

When last month’s Sichuan earthquake struck, Fan Meizhong was teaching a literature class at Guangya high school in the town of Dujiangyan. ”It’s an earthquake,” he shouted,…

Birth of the e-reader

It is almost 40 years since Roland Barthes announced the death of the author and called for the "birth of the reader" in that annus mirabilis of French history, 1968. For…

Actor and singer Robert Goulet dies at 73

Singer-actor Robert Goulet, whose rich baritone voice made him an instant success when he played Lancelot in the original 1960 Broadway hit Camelot, died on Tuesday at age 73.…

Preserving a gem

On a shoestring budget the Gem Bioscope has drawn thousands of people to its film screenings, art exhibitions, performances and concerts, writes Guy Oliver.