murder mystery

Every line in the new Alan Partridge is perfect

4 October 2025 9:00 am

By now, viewers of TV thrillers are no strangers to a baffling prologue – but this week brought a particularly…

Excruciating: Sirens reviewed

7 June 2025 9:00 am

You had a narrow escape this week. I was about to urge you to watch Sirens, the latest iteration of…

Shakespeare at his freest and most exuberant: The Wars of the Roses reviewed

24 October 2015 9:00 am

The RSC’s The Wars of the Roses solves a peculiar literary problem. Shakespeare’s earliest history plays are entitled Henry VI…

Dangerously close to home

18 April 2015 9:00 am

Mystery fans and writers are always looking for new locations in which murder can take place. Attica Locke has an…

On trial for her life

15 March 2014 9:00 am

Kate Colquhoun sets herself a number of significant challenges in her compelling new book, Did She Kill Him? Like Kate…