Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his relationship with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in…

A British author struggles to slot in at a high-profile journal in New York.

If Steve Coogan is inquired by The Observer to tour the nation’s finest restaurants, he also imagines it as the right escape with his girlfriend. However, when she backs on…