Literary criticism
Isabel Colegate obituary
Author of The Shooting Party, the 1980 novel that was turned into a popular film starring James Mason and John Gielgud
Polly Pattullo
15, Mar, 2023 @6:15 PM
Maus Now: Selected Writing, edited by Hillary Chute review – the Maus that made history
While Philip Pullman and Adam Gopnik illuminate Art Spiegelman’s towering graphic novel, few others in this collection succeed in capturing its spark and sophistication
Rachel Cooke
06, Feb, 2023 @7:00 AM
In brief: The Cloisters; My Trade Is Mystery; Sweat: A History of Exercise – review
A tense whodunnit unfolds in New York’s Metropolitan museum; poet Carl Phillips imparts life lessons for all; and a study of our need to keep in shape
Hephzibah Anderson
15, Jan, 2023 @5:30 PM
Novelist As a Vocation by Haruki Murakami review – the secrets behind the literary phenomenon
The celebrated novelist offers insights into his ways of working, his direct style and the moments that shaped him in this intriguing book on writing
Sean O’Hagan
06, Nov, 2022 @9:00 AM
A Horse at Night: On Writing by Amina Cain review – reading as a sensual act
The novelist’s atmospheric evocation of favourite scenes from others’ books strips them of their weight
Ankita Chakraborty
01, Nov, 2022 @7:00 PM
TS Eliot’s women: the unsung female voices of The Waste Land
As the epic poem turns 100, devotee Jude Rogers examines the work’s thrilling, intriguing women, including Emily Hale, Eliot’s first love, to whom he wrote more than 1,000 recently revealed letters
Jude Rogers
30, Oct, 2022 @12:00 PM
Letter: Peter Davison obituary
Penny Jefferson writes: Though always serious about his work, he did not take himself too seriously
Penny Jefferson
20, Oct, 2022 @3:43 PM
In brief: Am I Normal?; Orwell’s Roses; Milk Teeth – reviews
Historian Sarah Chaney unpicks our norms, Rebecca Solnit takes an eclectic approach to an English literary hero, and Jessica Andrews tells a fractured story of escape
Hannah Beckerman
17, Jul, 2022 @3:00 PM
Cheerfulness by Timothy Hampton review – the power of pep
This literary and cultural survey of a neglected emotion takes in Beckett, Boy Scouts and breakfast cereal
Peter Bradshaw
15, Jul, 2022 @8:00 AM
In brief: The Wrath to Come; Briefly, A Delicious Life; This Much Is True – reviews
Sarah Churchwell’s cultural history reassesses Gone With the Wind, Nell Stevens’s first novel impresses and Miriam Margolyes’s memoir fascinates
Alexander Larman
10, Jul, 2022 @4:30 AM
Love and the Novel by Christina Lupton review – can you live life by the book?
In this clever, thought-provoking memoir, a married academic’s life is ‘derailed by desire’. Can reading help her find a way forward?
Rachel Cooke
12, Jun, 2022 @8:00 AM
Emma Smith: ‘Books do extraordinary work, but we can overstate their importance’
The Shakespeare critic and author on her new history of books and readers, and how it’s made her think about the contents of our shelves
Alex Preston
30, Apr, 2022 @5:00 PM
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