

Tight young things: F Scott Fitzgerald’s tips on how to save money
The author of The Great Gatsby is not known for his restraint. But what can we learn from his suggestions of how to tighten the purse...


Bring up the bodies: digging up the dead in literature
"However depressing the thud of earth on the coffin-lid may be, it is music compared to the rattle of gravel and thump of spades which...