Quirke
Is BBC1’s Quirke bravely unhurried – or too slow?
The work of John Banville — Booker-winning novelist and impeccably high-minded literary critic — might seem an unlikely source for…
Uncovering a Royal treasure trove
It’s rare for the public to be given access to the Royal Archives. They are housed in the forbidding Round…
Holy Orders, by Benjamin Black - review
It’s always a little disconcerting for the rest of us when literary novelists turn to crime. Have they become different…
