Lucy Holden catches up with the newest member of the global literati, Madeline Miller, this week to talk everything books over transatlantic airwaves. Madeline Miller’s head is spinning. In May this year Miller […]
The Top Five: Road-Trips
Jess Owen anticipates the exciting arrival of On The Road to cinema screens this week with a pick of the best books for itchy-feet. 1. On The Road by Jack Kerouac This book should […]
Classic of the Week: The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky
‘The whole casino was crowding around… I experienced some sort of irresistible pleasure in snatching and raking in the banknotes… The experienced player knows what this ‘capricious luck’ means.’ Capriciousness is one of the […]
New Review: Booker Longlist: The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
So they didn’t make the Man Booker shortlist this year but these longlisted novels are still well worth a read says Lottie Brown. For students, a blurb that starts with the words: ‘history happened […]
The Top Five: Food
Jennie Pritchard salutes this week’s big interviewee, Jay Rayner, with her pick of the Top Five books about food and restaurants. American Psycho by Brett Easton-Ellis Frequent scenes of egregious, filthy-rich businessmen dining in […]
Top Five: Survival
Alex Minshall prepares the new arrivals in this pick of the top five books for surviving freshers’ week. 1. Lord of the Flies by William Golding Freshers’ week is nothing like being stranded on […]
Summer Read: Skios by Michael Frayn
In Untold Stories, Alan Bennett describes Michael Frayn’s morning journey from home to office. The route takes him past Bennett’s window and the previous site of The Lady In The Van vehicle in Camden […]