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,...
The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Actor’s blog 3
Stephen Hyde on the trials and tribulations of his character's canine companion
Working Titles
Xin Fan digs up a few first titles from a selection of perennial favourites
Lauri Saksa in London
The inimitable Lauri Saksa's take on London - in colour
Celtic Waters
Sophie Baggott reflects on the waters of Wales
Review: Delilah – 2-4am Mixtape
Delilah's mixtape leaves Patrick Scott wanting more and eagerly awaiting the upcoming LP
Review: Chromatics – Kill For Love
Kyle Sawhney finds Chromatics' new LP cementing their reinvention as brooding synth-poppers, despite erring on the side of self indulgence at seventeen tracks
Review: Kindness – World, You Need A Change of Mind/ at XOYO
Matt Walsh finds out first whether Kindness' debut delivers and then how it comes across live
Review: The Cabin in the Woods
Nick Hilton spends his Easter with a new kind of horror film
Amy Rollason in Washington DC
Sunny shots from the US capital in springtime
After the Revolution
Barbara Speed documents her visit to post-revolutionary Cairo
The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Music Director’s Blog
Zalman Kelber on weaving together the score for the production
Review: Joshua Caole – Moon Palace
Sarah Poulten finds Joshua Caole's debut EP showing potential, but not quite yet the finished article
Review: One Man, Two Guvnors
Ellie Halls is largely very amused by this life-sized seaside postcard, on at the Royal Haymarket
The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Actor’s Blog 2
Alice Fraser on why acting is like breaking in new shoes
