This week’s The Essay focuses on portraiture and our obsession with ourselves. Facing up to portraiture: the most intimate conversation of all. Writer and essayist Polly Coles looks at five ...

Self-Portrait' by Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz ... That’s where her autobiographical essays come in handy: ‘Goldi’ and ‘Frascati’. ‘Goldi’ was shortlisted for the prestigious Nike Literary Award in 2005.