Princess Margaret
Books of the year
A selection of the best and most overrated books of 2017, chosen by some of our regular reviewers
Netflix’s The Crown is so good I’m considering giving up on terrestrial TV altogether
Nairobi. February 1952. Laughing children brandishing sticks are driving an indignant bustle of ostriches up a rudimentary 1950s-Africa semi-bush runway…
Sex, rebellion, ambition, prejudice: the story of 1950s women has it all
Although the young women of the 1950s hovered on the cusp of change, many did not know it. Valerie Gisborn…
As Luck Would Have It, by Derek Jacobi - review
Alan Bennett once overheard an old lady say, ‘I think a knighthood was wasted on Derek Jacobi,’ and I know…
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today but I plan to have one by 2027.’
‘It’s outrageous that a real space alien didn’t get the role.’
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‘He refuses to go home until
Boris is out of the news.’
How your smart devices talk about you
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