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: Amen Dunes – Love
The fourth offering from this Philadelphia based musician is reviewed by Kevin Harris
Live Review: Gang of One
Claire Poynton-Smith checked out one-man-band Gang of One at the Cape of Good Hope
Review: Pompeii
Fergus Morgan finds this 'historical' disaster epic to be shallow, undeveloped and just plain boring
Review: Blue Ruin
Matthew Main finds Saulnier's revenge thriller to be poignant and understated
All the world’s a screen
Marcus Balmer looks at how film has reinterpreted Shakespeare
Review: Tracks
A long and mesmerising push through the lonely, breath-taking spaces of Australia
Drenge: Isolation and Frustration
Rushabh Haria talks to Rory Loveless from Drenge about their recent success
Preview: Into the Woods
Naomi Polonsky is charmed by this 'fairy tale gone a bit mad'
Bluebells in Bloom
Dockey Woods, England
Preview: Collaborators
Bethan Roberts hotly anticipates the staging of this political and psychological drama
Live Review: HANDY at New College Cloisters
Maria Fred Perevedentseva reviews an intimate, experimental performance from the HANDY music project, exploring how we engage with live music
Interview: Waiting for Godot director Alex Foster
Jordan Reed talks to Alex Foster, director of Waiting for Godot, on at the Burton Taylor Studio in 2nd week
Preview: Lord of the Flies
Vicky Holley is excited about this upcoming literary adaptation
Review: Mad Men
Matthew Main finds the first two episodes a promising start to this final series
