Culture bores suggest a movie simply can’t match the sensory experience provided by the depth and breadth of a novel, Declan Burke says Fifty Shades of Grey has already put the old canard to bed.

James Ellroy

ASK any successful writer how they got their first book deal and you will hear a different story.

ACTRESS Scarlett Johansson put on a show of ’40s glamour last night in a throwback to the golden age of Hollywood.