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,...
Foals Surprise Gig
Ellie Caddick gives an up close and personal account of last Saturday's homecoming sweat-fest.
Bargain Bin: Prince – Lovesexy
Helen Thomas sifts through the cringeworthy genius of Prince
Review: Breton – War Room Stories
Helen Thomas wades through the chameleon-like composition on Breton's latest release.
Review: Marissa Nadler – July
Marissa Nadler takes a soporific aesthetic to soaring, dreamy heights on her latest album.
Review: Ekoplekz – Unfidelity
Tom Stafford immerses himself in the abstract, but absorbing textures created on Nick Edwards' latest release for Planet Mu.
Mogwai: Scots still at the rave
Aadit Shankar talks to Mogwai’s Barry Burns about new album, Rave Tapes.
Review: 12 Angry Women
Rosalee Edwards listens in on this 'whirlwind experiment' ****
Review: The Dig
David McShane considers the poetic resonance of Cynan Jones' latest novel.
The trouble with Tarantino
Ollie Johnson charts the decline in the career of a past master
Review: Inside Llewyn Davis
James Martin suggests that the new Coen Brothers film is some of their best work, with a brilliant debut performance from Oscar Isaac
Review: 366 Days of Kindness
Emily Holman is moved by this plea for human kindness
Preview: Marriage of Figaro
Naomi Polonsky looks hopefully to the start of mainstream opera
Who Needs the Fourth Wall?
Georgina Wilson explains whats standing between Us and Them
Preview: 12 Angry Women
Sam Graydon enthusiastically looks ahead to this performance
