A letter from the editor
On 50
Q&A
‘Older black women, who writes about that?’
An interview with Bernardine Evaristo
The Five Dials Awards
Finally, our own awards show. It’s 1/17th as long as the Oscars. And more entertaining.
An introduction
Killing Time
Anna Funder on the German novel that blows a stent in the human heart
Fiction
The Train Was on Time
Heinrich Böll introduces a disillusioned German soldier
Five Dials 50 was made with the help of Visual Editions