Donna Tartt

Echoes of Tom Brown’s School Days: Rabbits, by Hugo Rifkind, reviewed

6 July 2024 9:00 am

When 16-year-old Tommo moves to an elite, brutish boarding school, he longs to fit in and even manages to join the inner circle. But can he ever really become ‘one of them’?

Old school ties

6 November 2021 9:00 am

It is incredibly hard to convey the fleeting invincibility and passionate self-significance that we feel on the cusp of adulthood.…

You may not wish to kiss the ground when you finally leave the cinema, but I did: The Goldfinch reviewed

28 September 2019 9:00 am

The Goldfinch is an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Donna Tartt that centres on a great work of…

A well-spent 40p

14 December 2013 9:00 am

Is it time to scrap the licence fee? That’s a question we’re going to hear more and more about in…