Culture
On Leadership by Tony Blair, Precipice by Robert Harris, and Oxford crime – Books of the Month
On Leadership by Tony Blair; Precipice by Robert Harris; Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
Review: Bj̦rk РVulnicura
Sara Semic is drawn in by the Scandinavian singer-songwriter's avant-garde breakup album
Review: Viet Cong – Viet Cong
Freddy Rendall is pleasantly surprised by the self-titled debut album from the Canadian band
Wot Do u Call It: talking grime with the Originators
Sara Semic chats grime with P Money, Logan Sama and Darq E Freaker at Deep Cover's 'Originators Tour'
Review: Mark Ronson – Uptown Special
Lauren Rofe sings the praises of Ronson's genre-spanning new album
Review: Richard Parker
Emily Holman reviews Poor Players Productions' dark and hilarious new show
Review: What We Did On Our Holiday
Inspired by the BBC's Outnumbered, What We Did On Our Holiday manages to keep to just the right side of soppy, writes Anthony Maskell
Voices from the Past: J. R. R. Tolkien
Hear the 'Lord of the Rings' author speak the lines from his famous poem 'One Ring to Rule Them All'
Walking the Old Ways with Robert MacFarlane
Max Long discusses landscape, people and place with Robert MacFarlane, author of The Old Ways
Review: Whiplash
Jennie Han is impressed with the unrelenting, staccato rhythm of Whiplash
Review: Enemy
Anthony Maskell thinks that Enemy is a film of Orwellian paranoia and bleak isolation
Preview: Richard Parker
Christian Amos gets an inside look at this exciting new play
Review: Into the Woods
Aimee Kwan is spellbound by Into the Woods’ big-screen adaptation
Review: Testament of Youth
Naomi Morris Omori appreciates Testament of Youth’s searing poignancy
John Williams’ Stoner: ahead of its time
50 years on, Rose Sykes asks why this book was forgotten
