In this week’s TLS: In January 1851, Tolstoy recorded this diary entry: “I’ve fallen in love or imagine that I have; went to a party and lost my head. Bought a horse which I don’t need at all”. By Stig AbellBringing him down: Leo Tolstoy’s art, ideas and lived life. By Caryl EmersonLetter from the Corinthians. By A. E. Stallings