Track changes: a history of the railways
Simon Bradley’s new book takes us from the train carriage to station signposts, walking the line between nostalgic reminiscence and…
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Why the class of ’94 still rules British poetry
The message of the 1990s generation – that seeing clearly is not as simple as we think – comes across…
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The biggest bastard in pop: how Allen Klein changed the game for music revenue
Fred Goodman’s new biography shows the man who made the Rolling Stones and wrenched open the door for today’s superstars.
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The ghosts of hedonism past: a history of nightclubbing in Britain
Life After Dark: a History of British Nightclubs and Music Venues reveals the ghosts of hedonism past.
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The non-fiction novel that takes readers inside the head of Raoul Moat
Andrew Hankinson’s depiction of Moat’s unravelling is being marketed as biography/true crime, but its semi-fictional world is something more complex.
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The beautiful and damned: a spellbinding oral history of Hollywood personalities
West of Eden: An American Place by Jean Stein follows a specific tribe of people: the beautiful.
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The Romanovs’ only loyalty was to absolute power
Simon Sebag Montefiore’s new book shows the history of a world as gorgeous as it was bloody.
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Shylock Is My Name brings Shakespeare to the present – but is it too clever for its own good?
Howard Jacobson places Shylock in Cheshire’s “Golden Triangle”. While thought-provoking, however, it struggles to work on its own terms.
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