Have you ever tried to describe a sibling, or a parent, or that best friend you’ve known since you were both two and a half, but just not been able to come up with words that really do the tr...

Honestly, there’s not much to say about Stephen’s mother. She’s always present as a background figure in family scenes; we know that she’s a peacemaker (or at least tries to...

Stephen doesn’t have too many real friends at university, but the ones he does have are carefully chosen. They are all his intellectual equals (or at least close to it). Though Cranly often i...