Withered but not aged: two memoirs from women flourishing in old age
Joan Bakewell and Diana Athill have both written books which prove the richness of work produced later in life.
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The latest “lost classics” offer two divergent portraits of 1930s Berlin
After the success of recent re-releases, publishing PR is increasingly searching for the next classic book – could one of…
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The stark moral world of Georges Simenon
Simenon is often read as a writer who offers no hope, yet preached a doctrine of cool serenity which is ultimately…
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What David Vann’s ill-fated “career at sea” taught him about his father’s suicide
In A Mile Down: the True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea, Vann explores the nature and legacy of mental illness.
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The court case that Richard Nixon rigged
America’s Dreyfus: the Case Nixon Rigged tells the story of Alger Hiss, the American government official accused of being a Soviet…
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The marine, and human, costs of illegal fishing
Two new books take us inside the least regulated industry on the planet.
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The life and times of the London cycle courier
Bike messengers no longer comprise the militia they resembled when the Tories were turning London into a city of finance.…
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Why are we sometimes so reluctant to enjoy ourselves – even when we’re allowed?
Unforbidden Pleasures by Adam Phillips is a profound meditation on the ways we deny ourselves pleasure.
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