The Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford is an astonishing building, designed by Christopher Wren. Its painted ceiling has just been restored so that the darkish miasma that was Robert Streeter's original allegory of truth and light striking the university is now… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Historians and journalists always have agendas, but if I want to find out what's going on in South Africa, I read Nadine Gordimer or John Coetzee because they offer novelistic truth. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
My own interest in Kafka's letter came about when I was writing an article on Peter Ginz, the boy novelist held in Terezin, not… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Germany led the world in photography and film: 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari' and 'Metropolis' are works that, to this day, film buffs revere. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I was lucky to get to Oxford. I am now an honorary fellow of my old college, which is nice, particularly for a colonial… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
The plane approaches Cape Town and, as always, I am astonished by the view of Table Mountain and the surrounding sea. It is so… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Someone once pointed out that there are quite a lot of animals in my books, and I'm sure that is something to do with… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
It is uncomfortable to be reminded that the Catholic church only removed the reference to 'perfidious Jews' from the Good Friday liturgy in 1960. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I have worshipped Berlin from the day I read 'Two Concepts of Liberty' in South Africa. It seemed to make it respectable to be… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
So often in English fiction, people are either upper-class twits, or else they're knockabouts, less than human. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I write from what I take to be the realist's point of view, looking at life as it really is - or the way… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
This Oscar Pistorius business is interesting. There is this cult of carrying lots of guns and being ready to shoot somebody. There were people… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
The fascination with Judas has persisted despite the fact that there is no evidence of the hard facts of his life. Even the 'Iscariot'… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Nicola Barker is both prodigiously talented and admirably fearless. I have loved her books. But for some time, I had little or no idea… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
