Off Target by Eve Smith
This is speculative thriller writing at is most beguiling with author Eve Smith creating in…
Browsing: The Culturist
Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter
Picked as one of Stylist magazine’s ‘Fiction Books You Can’t Miss in 2022’, we’re delighted to introduce…
The Collaboration
Anthony McCarten’s new play at the Young Vic is called The Collaboration but its premise…
The Plant Hunter
‘A great Stevensonian adventure with a 21st-century spin’ says William Boyd, ‘…dripping with atmosphere and…
Exploring England’s Creative Coast
The South Eastern stretch of the UK’s extensive coastline has never had the best reputation.…
Women on the Case: A Double Bill
If January’s books’ double bill featured men under stress, February’s goes in the opposite direction,…
A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris
A Narrow Door is, quite simply, practically perfect. It is beautifully written with a plot…
A Men in Crisis Double Bill
This week, author Anne Coates reviews two titles, each with two interwoven timelines, where the…
Circus 1903
Not so long ago, we all assumed circuses were a thing of the past. Not…
Children’s Picture Books for Christmas
As ever, this year sees a bumper crop of picture books for reading aloud to…
Bookish Stocking Fillers
Christmas always sees a rash of novelty titles coming from publishers – jokey, sentimental and…
Best of Enemies at The Young Vic
The past is, of course, another country. At times, though, it can seem chillingly familiar.…