Camp Siegfried at The Old Vic
Bess Wohl’s new play at the Old Vic is essentially a coming-of-age love story. It…
Browsing: The Culturist
No Honour
Recently I caught up with the BBC4 series on Hemingway, which included a particularly arresting…
The Passenger
The publication of yet another book, even a short novel such as The Passenger, in…
Midnight in Cairo
For those of us who associate Arab culture with the authoritarianism and religious extremism so…
Vaseem Khan Double Bill
Midnight at Malabar House begins a fascinating crime series set in a turbulent period in…
Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City
This wonderfully researched and beautifully written book tells the extraordinary story of Charles Masson. Full…
The Killing Kind
The Killing Kind is one of the most exciting thrillers to grace my shelves recently.…
The Rule by David Jackson
Daniel is special. He is ridiculed for being different. He is looking forward to his…
Cunning Little Vixen at Opera Holland Park
The Cunning Little Vixen is an opera that presents both audience and opera company alike…
Killer Thrillers for Summer
Assuming we manage to get away this summer, what could be better to be on a…
Operation Pedestal
For most people Malta is a place where you go on holiday, lie on sandy…
Fragile by Sarah Hilary
Since the publication of Someone Else’s Skin, which won the Theakston Crime Novel of the…