Jamaica

Madness in the ghetto

1 November 2014 9:00 am

There are many more than seven killings in this ironically titled novel — in fact very long — that starts…

‘14.11.65’ by John Hoyland

The new Turner?

27 September 2014 9:00 am

What happens to an artist’s reputation when he dies? Traditionally, there was a period of cooling off when the reputation,…

Peter and Ian Fleming as boys at Joyce Grove (Peter is on the left)

The colonel and the commander

23 August 2014 9:00 am

Between the brothers Peter and Ian Fleming, Fionn Morgan wonders who was the better writer and who the better man

Disciplined exoticism

9 August 2014 9:00 am

Lewis Jones on Ian Fleming’s Jamaican retreat and the inspiration it provided for the Bond novels

Welcome to the club

12 July 2014 9:00 am

Writing frankly about Jamaica has made me nervous of invitations from strangers. How would this one turn out?