Farewell to the Calloways: See You on the Other Side, by Jay McInerney, reviewed
The final volume of the tetralogy sees the once glamorous literary couple now adrift in New York as the mood changes with Covid, #MeToo and identity politics
A life among movie stars can damage your health
So Dustin Hoffman tells the teenage Matthew Specktor as they share cigarette breaks at CAA, the Los Angeles talent agency they both frequent
Seeking forgiveness for gluttony, sloth and other deadly sins
The neurologist Guy Leschziner explores the medical conditions that might underlie extremes of human behaviour in a fascinating study that combines biology and psychology
Unrecorded lives: Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Strout, reviewed
The pandemic’s aftershocks are still felt in Crosby, as Strout’s best-loved characters, Olive, Lucy, Jim and Bob, reminisce about people they have known, imbuing their lives with meaning
Galway
The Go Galway bus from Dublin sounds an unlikely pleasure, but it is both comfortable and punctual. There is free…
‘Dabbling’ in poetry
Olivia Cole talks to Paul Muldoon about the extraordinary buzz that writing gives him
