Fabulosa! The Story of Britain’s Secret Gay Language, Paul Baker, Reaktion Books, 2019, pp. 320, £15.99 (Hardcover) Polari is a…

Known for the haunting anguish of The Scream, Norwegian painter and printmaker Edvard Munch produced less notorious pieces with a…

T. S. Eliot was famously wary about artistic interpretations of his poems. In a letter in 1947 to Dale E.…

Max Beaverbrook: Not Quite a Gentleman By Charles Williams Biteback Publishing, £25 In the age of the internet it is…

Bringing iconic films to the main screen, from Clockwork Orange to The Shining, Stanley Kubrick has contributed significantly to 20th…

Vivian, Christina Hesselholdt, Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2019, pp.192, £12.99 (paperback) “What I produce is so good that if I start showing…

Tales of Two Londons: Stories From A Fractured City, edited by Claire Armitstead, Arcadia Books, 2019, £9.99 It’s Saturday morning…

Salt Slow, Julia Armfield, Pan Macmillan, 2019, pp.208, £12.99 (hardback) This electric, enthralling collection of short stories from Julia Armfield…

A Map Towards Fluency, Lisa Kelly, Carcanet Press, 2019, pp.112, £8.99 A Few Interiors, Rowland Bagnell, Carcanet Press, 2019, pp.64,…

Days in the Caucasus, Banine (translated by  Anne Thompson-Ahmadova), Pushkin Press, 2019, pp. 288 (hardback) Crossing, Pajtim Statovci (translated by…

Lee Krasner’s work was central in the proliferation of abstract expressionism in the United States. A new show at the…

We don’t have to start if you’re not ready.’The epigraph on the first page of Wang Ting-Huo’s award-winning novel invites…

It’s a familiar, yet uncanny feeling we all know; like waking up in a hotel you’re sure you’ve never stayed…

“The failure of the English revolution… is all around us: in the Westminster constitution, in Ireland, and poisoning English attitudes…

For the first time in almost twenty years, Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd returns home to the Royal Opera House in…

Henry Moore has had an insurmountable influence on contemporary art. A new exhibition at Mayfair gallery Connaught Brown — Henry…

Jeffrey Eugenides’s latest short story collection is packed full of literary treats in case you haven’t read them when they…

Out of the Woods, the first book by Luke Turner, begins with the breakdown of a five year relationship with…

I’ve collected driftwood from beaches for years. A particularly large piece hangs by the door to my house. Every time…

Faust, the epitome of grand French opera and Gonoud’s masterpiece returns to Covent Garden in this fifth revival of David…

Each room immerses the viewer in the artist’s expert documentation. We are encouraged to do more than just observe the…

2036. In a ramshackle, backwater United States, Marine Corps vet Frank Dubois journeys from L.A. to Detroit, seeking redemption for…