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: The Zone of Interest
Martin Amis' latest novel is seriously funny
Review: Ai Weiwei’s latest innovative exhibition
A juxtaposition of the old and the new at Blenheim Palace
Review: Henry V – A Promenade Production
Bethan Roberts tours Worcester Gardens, managing to catch an ambitious production of Shakespeare's war epic
Preview: Orlando
Kate Tuohy observes the rehearsals of this innovative Woolf adaptation, which arrives at Keble's O'Reilly in Sixth Week
Dream girls don’t exist
Tom Barrie looks at a character type that has come to haunt rom-coms
Review: Interstellar
Sam Joyce finds Christopher Nolan's latest film ambitious, if unfulfilling
Preview: Monkey Bars
Katherine Cowles previews the upcoming production of Chris Goode's Monkey Bars, which puts the words of children in the mouths of adults.
Review: His Dark Materials Part 1
This adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy novels is a valiant attempt at a difficult task, says Lata Nobes
Review: Celestial Shore — Enter Ghost
Lata Nobes argues that Celestial Shore are trying to be too clever
Preview: Henry V
Fergus Morgan previews this upcoming promenade production
Review: Jerusalem
Bethan Roberts gives her verdict on a production of Jez Butterworth's masterpiece
Review: Azealia Banks – Broke With Expensive Taste
Sam Joyce is pleasantly surprised by Azealia Banks' debut album
Review: The Overnighters
Tom Graham found The Overnighters a compelling portrait of contemporary America
Review: Mr Turner
Joe Holt finds Mike Leigh's biopic of J. M. W. Turner a compelling watch
