Books
The Price of Fame
Try not to meet us in the flesh We’ll disappoint you if you do, Our dandruff and our garlic breath…
Dutch courage in the trenches
‘You have no idea,’ wrote the publisher Ralph Hodder-Williams in 1929 to one of his authors, what terrible offence Journey’s…
The making of the myth
Writing about Napoleon is a risky business. It exposes the author to the brickbats of the blind worshippers for whom…
Ho, ho, oh no
In January 1976 New York’s late-lamented National Lampoon produced a bicentennial calendar as a contribution to the general rejoicing. For…
Beginning at the end
For much of its history the Danube has been a disappointment. It looks so tempting on the map but, far…
As grand as the Grand Canyon itself
This book begins with Simon Winchester becoming a US citizen two years ago: ‘I swore a solemn oath before a…
The Pleasure’s All Mine, by Julie Peakman – review
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Bringing Bond to book
Matthew Woodcock reminds us that 007 was a man of letters too
Books of the Year
We asked friends to tell us what they enjoyed reading in 2013
Answers to ‘Spot the Play Title’
1. Cat Honour Hot Tin Roof 2. Frank Hen Stein 3. Ark A Deer 4. Hammer Day S 5. Hiss…
Spot the play title
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The Pleasure’s All Mine, by Julie Peakman – review
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Answers to ‘Spot the Play Title’
1. Cat Honour Hot Tin Roof 2. Frank Hen Stein 3. Ark A Deer 4. Hammer Day S 5. Hiss…
Spot the play title
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The Pleasure’s All Mine, by Julie Peakman – review
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Books and Arts
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Not dynamite, more blancmange
Debunking reputations is now out of fashion, says Philip Hensher, and Craig Raine should give it up — especially as he always misses the point
Here’s looking at you, kid
Many of us, I get the feeling, don’t go and see as many films as we used to, or want…
A choice of art books
Good news for the festive season — the inexorable rise of the virtual image on our computer screens, tablets, and…
The maiden aunt of modernism
Marianne Moore’s poems are notoriously ‘difficult’ but her personality and the circumstances of her life are as fascinating today as…
Getting the claws out
The New Yorker has always had a peculiar affinity with cats, perhaps because they have a lot in common —…
Who’s up, who’s down
‘Nothing’s funny any more’ has become the daily mantra of this magazine’s cartoon editor, Michael Heath. Thanks to Leveson, political…
No place for sissies
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a story for the older reader. One might go so far as to suggest…
Hannah and her sisters
In Cooking People Sophia Waugh describes, with dash and wit, the personalities of five important women cookery writers: two Hannahs…
The wrong side of the barricade
Historians still argue over whether the regime of the GDR can be called a totalitarian one. Some say that the…
