A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Lauded as a subversive masterpiece, pegged as a favourite to win The Man Booker…
Happiness by Jack Underwood
Happiness by Jack Underwood ‘Sometimes your sadness is a yacht’ is the title of the fourth poem in Jack Underwood’s…
The Lobster
The Lobster If you were to be turned into an animal what animal would you choose? This question remains at…
40 Sonnets by Don Paterson
Paterson is at his best when writing about heartbreak. “The Six,” this reviewer’s favourite piece in 40 Sonnets, speaks…
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood In 2009, Ursula K. Le Guin caused something of a stir in the…
The New World by Chris Adrian & Eli Horowitz
The New World Chris Adrian & Eli Horowitz Granta, £12.99 (paperback) The New World opens grippingly by immersing the reader…
Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick DeWitt
Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick DeWitt ‘Cheerily, then, as one making teatime conversation, she asked “do you yourself ever think of…
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
The Heart Goes Last Margaret Atwood Bloomsbury, £18.99 Reworked from an e-serial, Atwood’s latest novel is as captivating and humorous…
Purity by Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen likes big books. Each one of his critically acclaimed works are weighty door-stoppers but their tangible size in…
Review of ‘The Trial’ at The Young Vic
‘The Trial’ at The Young Vic Rory Kinnear embodied the frantic Josef K masterfully. In this adaptation by Nick Gill,…
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
The First Bad Man by Miranda July Cheryl Glickman — isolated, alone and with no true friends to speak of…
Portraits of Artists and Friends – John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent – Portraits of Artists and Friends, National Portrait Gallery 12 February – 25 May 2015 If you…
Princess Ida
Princess Ida, Finborough Theatre, Until 18th April 2015 One’s first experience of seeing a play at Finborough theatre is really rather charming.…
Miss Saigon by Heather Wells
Miss Saigon, Prince Edward Theatre, January 2015 Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Miss Saigon, currently on at the Prince Edward…
Back to Painting – Danny Fox
Danny Fox, Back to Painting It’s a strange time in the history of the visual arts avant-garde right now. So…
Virginia Woolf – Art, Life and Vision
Virginia Woolf – Art, Life and Vision Virginia Woolf viewed greatness as a “positive possession”. In her mind greatness was…
Truth and Memory at The Imperial War Museum
Truth and Memory at The Imperial War Museum The walk from Waterloo station to The Imperial War Museum is…
The Human Factor v Matisse by Richard Warburton
The Human Factor v Matisse by Richard Warburton The Southbank Centre is currently hosting the emetic Festival of Love…
A FIRST WORLD PROBLEM
A FIRST WORLD PROBLEM By Jessica Reid and Tamsin Crouch Theatre503 is a small, intimate and rather quirky theatre…
Resurrection by Jessica Albarn – Lawrence Alkin Gallery
Resurrection Resurrection by Jessica Albarn – Lawrence Alkin Gallery If you were wondering where all the bees had gone, look…
Ophelia Among The Flowers by Redon
Redon Ophelia Among The Flowers Odilon Redon’s Ophelia Among The Flowers is one of the many pastels that take Shakespeare’s tragedy…
The Modern Eye, Edvard Munch exhibition at Tate Modern. By Will Stone
Will Stone, The Modern Eye The Modern Eye, Edvard Munch exhibition at Tate Modern. By Will Stone ‘Without anxiety…
Nyx and Oneiroi: The Depiction of Dreams in Renaissance Art by Erik Martiny
La Renaissance et le rêve, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 9 October 2013 – 26 January 2014 La Renaissance et…
Calcutta by Amit Chaudhuri
Calcutta: Two Years in the City, Amit Chaudhuri, Union Books, 2013, 320pp, £16.99, (Hardback) The modern megacity is characterised…
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