Books

Growing old gracefully

2nd January, 2008

Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill

Undoing the folded lie

2nd January, 2008

A New Waste Land by Michael Horowitz

From one extreme to the other

2nd January, 2008

Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed by Martin Evans and John Phillips

Going on and on

2nd January, 2008

My Life by Fidel Castro

Always on the side of the wolf

2nd January, 2008

It was the Nightingale by Ford Maddox

When the sun finally set

11th December, 2007

The Raj Quartet 1: The Jewel in the Crown, A Division of the Spoils by Paul Scott, introduced by Hilary Spurling

A Christmas Song

11th December, 2007

A poem

11th December, 2007

Kit Wright

From Charles Lamb to ‘netiquette’

11th December, 2007

At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman

More marks on paper

11th December, 2007

The Writer’s Brush by Donald Friedman

A poem

11th December, 2007

Greta Stoddart

A Poem

11th December, 2007

Vernon Scannell

Perfecting the art of rudeness

11th December, 2007

Fawlty Towers by Graham McCann

Sunlight on stucco

11th December, 2007

Notting Hill by Derry Moore

A choice of art books

11th December, 2007

Literary critics of a certain stripe may have been exulting over the death of the author for decades, but happily, in the world of art publishing, monographic studies of the careers and works of individual artists are still alive and kicking. Indeed, almost half of my festive selections fall into that category this year.

Children’s books for Christmas

11th December, 2007

The best presents to give this Christmas

A gathering of ghosts

11th December, 2007

Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky, translated by Sandra Smith

How to ruin a country

11th December, 2007

Mugabe: Power, Plunder and the Struggle for Zimbabwe by Martin Meredith

Conservative iconoclasts required

11th December, 2007

In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas by Theodore Dalrymple

The full-blown country-house look

11th December, 2007

John Fowler: Prince of Decorators by Martin Wood