The life of Graham Greene, contradictory and bohemian as it was, furnished him with the material...
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Review of Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Spoiler alert: this review contains spoilers for Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, which aired on New...
Understanding General Relativity
While Stephen Hawking was busy writing his surprise bestseller A Brief History of Time, he was...
Review: The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
Dennis Barlow, hero of The Loved One, Evelyn Waugh’s mordant satire on the American funeral...
Review: Bertrand Russell by Ray Monk
Ray Monk, already renowned for having written the definitive biography of Wittgenstein, was...
Review of Nabokov’s Laughter in the Dark
To members of the public, Nabokov is (if they’ve heard of him at all) the author of Lolita...
Review of Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet
Like most who tried, I was unable to procure a ticket to the theatrical event of the year –...
A Wilde Life
I suspect that I am not the only lover of literature who, were I known as the author of the...
Top Five: Bradley Cooper performances
After shining in The Hangover, Bradley Cooper is now one of Hollywood’s most...
Review: Michael Fassbender as Macbeth
The film industry pleasingly believes that there can never be too many adaptations of William...
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code revisited
One of the enduring mysteries of the literary world is how such poorly written books can be so...
Review: Stephen Fry in Central America, Episode 1
The Englishman abroad is a documentary formula that has never lost its appeal; the comic...
Jesus had two children claims new book The Lost Gospel
In a new book called The Lost Gospel, written by Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson, the authors...
Speak, Memory confirms Vladimir Nabokov is a literary magician
“The cradle rocks above the abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief...
Gregory House – A Tortured Genius
The enormous success of House, a medical drama which aired from 2004 to 2012, was largely dependent...