December 13, 2018 Little by Edward Carey Reviewed by Simon The name Madame Tussaud is familiar to most of us – particularly to anybody who has been a tourist in London,…
December 11, 2018 Childhood by Gerard Reve Translated by Sam Garrett Reviewed by Harriet Gerard Reve (1923-2006) was a Dutch writer – according to Wikipedia, one of the ‘Great Three’ of…
December 11, 2018 The Women’s Atlas by Joni Seager Review by Liz Dexter On the front of the book there’s a quote from Catherine Mayer, Co-Founder of the Women’s Equality Party: “The most…
December 6, 2018 Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: the Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce by Colm Tóibín Review by Rob Spence Tóibín’s title, of course, comes from Lady Caroline Lamb’s snap judgement of Byron; it’s not clear whether the author here…
December 6, 2018 The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons, edited by Bob Mankoff Foreword by David Remnick Review by Hayley Anderton I’m old enough to remember encyclopedias, and lucky to have grown up in a house that…
December 4, 2018 Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt by Chris Naunton Reviewed by Harriet The civilisation of Ancient Egypt exerts a seemingly eternal fascination. All those pharaohs and their dynasties, stretching back to three thousand…
December 4, 2018 Only To Sleep by Lawrence Osborne Review by Basil Ransome-Davies A short walk from my ergonomic study chair is my Chandler bookshelf. It includes some Philip Marlowe fiction not by…
