Charlotte Stroud

The reluctant spy: The Predicament, by William Boyd, reviewed

8 November 2025 9:00 am

Sucked further into the quicksand of 1960s espionage, Gabriel Dax is sent to Guatemala, and then on to West Berlin, where he uncovers a plot to assassinate President Kennedy

Even as literate adults, we need to learn how to read

1 November 2025 9:00 am

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst shows us the rewards of reading slowly and attentively – and making connections between seemingly disparate things

Adrift in the world: My Sister and Other Lovers, by Esther Freud, reviewed

12 July 2025 9:00 am

A sequel to Hideous Kinky sees the two sisters Lucy and Bea, still close to their bohemian mother, trying (and failing) to negotiate life on their own terms as adults