James Caig: Bath Spa railway station nestles in the south east corner of the city centre, just inside the elbow of the River Avon ... click here to read more

From 'The Anatomist of Power: Franz Kafka and the Critique To Authority' by Costas Despiniadis, translated by Stelios Kapsomenos and published by Black Rose Books ... click here to read more

“You can be lonely anywhere,” writes Olivia Laing in The Lonely City, “but there is a particular flavour to the loneliness that comes from living in a city ... click here to read more

The reader, like the mother, is smiling, nodding along with the old man’s story. Then, in an instant, this normal, ordinary scene escalates into something far more threatening ... click here to read more

This is, of course, no attempt at some sort of definitive (or particularly valuable) list – even the most proficient, prodigious reader’s knowledge is only a pinprick on the Venn diagram of the loves of anyone and everyone else who has a similar love of books ... click here to read more