Books

Book Review: People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield

Stories of Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer who stalked East London’s impoverished areas in the late 1800s, have reverberated through the decades... Read More...

The best books of 2020: The Glass Hotel, Hamnet, The Foundling and more

In a year that’s seen so many theatre productions shut down, close to all movie release dates delayed and fewer new TV shows on hand to offer a distraction, a... Read More...

Book Review: The Port of London Murders (British Library Crime Classics) by Josephine Bell

The arrival of the San Angelo into port in the Pool of London (the stretch of the River Thames from London Bridge to below Limehouse) brings more with it than s... Read More...

Book Review: Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation by Edward O. Wilson, Jim Ottaviani & C.M. Butzer

“Most children have a bug period; I never grew out of mine.” Heralded as “the father of biodiversity” and “the father of sociobiology” (quite the progeny), E... Read More...

Book Review: The Secret Life of Fungi by Aliya Whiteley

At a time of year when everyone is taken by the brilliant brown and gold hues of the autumn leaves, a greater party (in my opinion) is happening around our feet... Read More...

Gift Guide: 23 of the best fiction books for Christmas 2020

From heart-warming children's books and epic fantasy to immersive comics and uplifting feel-good fiction, here's our pick of the best fiction books to give as Christmas presents.... Read More...

The best non-fiction, quiz and coffee table books to give as presents this Christmas

Whether you’re looking for a thoughtful stocking filler, a fun Secret Santa gift or a special hardback that the recipient will treasure for years to come, we’ve... Read More...

Book Review: The Windsor Knot by S. J. Bennett

Many of us are binging on the latest season of Netflix’s The Crown right now, but that’s not the only current series with Queen Elizabeth as the star. The Winds... Read More...

Book Review: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

From Brigid Kemmerer’s Beauty and the Beast reimagining, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, to Renée Ahdieh’s One Thousand and One Nights inspired epic, The Wrath &... Read More...

The real Bond Girls – was the character of James Bond inspired by a real female spy?

I was brought up on the idea that there was an alpha male spy, James Bond, and then there were his accessories, the Bond girls, usually decorative nobodies. Tha... Read More...

Book Review: Loner by Georgina Young

Ever since Lona quit art school (and don’t ask her why – she doesn’t know), she’s been drifting. Working in a supermarket by day and a roller rink by night, whi... Read More...

Damien Lewis on the inspiration behind SAS Band of Brothers

Sometimes, a book subject comes to you serendipitously, out of the blue. The wartime story embodied in SAS Band of Brothers is one of those. About two years ... Read More...

Film

Are We Lost Forever Review

Sing Me A Song Review

Come Away Review

TV

The Stand review: Is this latest Stephen King adaptation worth watching?

Best TV characters of 2020

Best TV shows of 2020: The Queen’s Gambit, The Outsider, I May Destroy You and more

Music

AC/DC return with ‘Shot in the Dark’

Single Review: Andrea – Fighting For

Spotlight on Matt Marcii and Robbie Hutton

Books

Book Review: How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones

Book Review: The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin

Book Review: Shiver by Allie Reynolds

Books

Book Review: People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield

The best books of 2020: The Glass Hotel, Hamnet, The Foundling and more

Book Review: The Port of London Murders (British Library Crime Classics) by Josephine Bell

Book Review: Naturalist: A Graphic Adaptation by Edward O. Wilson, Jim Ottaviani & C.M. Butzer

Book Review: The Secret Life of Fungi by Aliya Whiteley

Gift Guide: 23 of the best fiction books for Christmas 2020

The best non-fiction, quiz and coffee table books to give as presents this Christmas

Book Review: The Windsor Knot by S. J. Bennett

Book Review: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

The real Bond Girls – was the character of James Bond inspired by a real female spy?

Book Review: Loner by Georgina Young

Damien Lewis on the inspiration behind SAS Band of Brothers