The Plant Hunter
‘A great Stevensonian adventure with a 21st-century spin’ says William Boyd, ‘…dripping with atmosphere and…
Browsing: The Culturist
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.…
A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic
By some extraordinary oversight, I have never made it to the Old Vic’s highly superior…
The Fires of Lust – Sex in the Middle Ages
Sex in the Middle Ages? Nasty, brutish and short, right? Well, we’ve all seen Game…
Found in Translation
This week we have two recommends from author Anne Coates, as she discovers the work…