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Four legs good, two legs bad – the philosophy of Gerald Durrell

7 December 2024 9:00 am

From a young man determined to protect the world’s vulnerable species, Durrell became in middle age someone who loathed the species of which he was a member

Fast and furious: America Fantastica, by Tim O’Brien, reviewed

9 December 2023 9:00 am

As the avalanche of lies issuing from the White House morphs into the pandemic, Covid becomes in an engine of justice in this rollicking satire on Trumpworld

Wall Street madness: Trust, by Hernan Diaz, reviewed

27 August 2022 9:00 am

‘I don’t trust fiction,’ the famous author told me, both of us several glasses to the good. ‘It contains too…

Compared to Trump, Hillary can't be that bad. Can she?

12 December 2015 9:00 am

A Trump vs Clinton tussle for the US presidency is now likely. She can’t be that bad . . . can she?