Edward St Aubyn
Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn audiobook review – Cumberbatch revels in caustic wit
The Sherlock actor breathes life into the intertwined narratives of a group of thirtysomething professionals, spiked with flashes of caustic wit
Fiona Sturges
18, Feb, 2022 @12:00 PM
Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn review – in pursuit of knowledge
This is a novel of ideas, crammed with scientific data, that suffers from too much itemising and cataloguing
Blake Morrison
31, Mar, 2021 @8:00 AM
Edward St Aubyn: 'I never read things about myself because I’m so easily crushed'
The novelist on trying to escape Patrick Melrose, recovering from long Covid and putting to rest rumours that he wrote the eulogy for Princess Diana
Hadley Freeman
20, Mar, 2021 @11:00 AM
British Jews have always been self-effacing, but we’re starting to show our chutzpah | Hadley Freeman
As David Baddiel says, Jewishness in the US has an aura of cool, whereas in the UK it ‘smacks of the suburbs’ – Brooklyn v Stanmore
Hadley Freeman
13, Mar, 2021 @9:00 AM
Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn review – high jinks in high finance
This frantic spoof of science and venture capitalism lacks the focus of the brilliant Patrick Melrose books
Anthony Cummins
08, Mar, 2021 @9:00 AM
Book clinic: what can I read after work instead of watching TV?
From Jane Austen to medical memoirs, books that will help leave thoughts of the office behind
Hannah Beckerman
08, Feb, 2020 @6:00 PM
The critical drubbing for Will Self’s book shows there’s a subtle art to memoir | Hadley Freeman
A common flaw is forgetting you’re supposed to be writing for the reader’s pleasure, not yours
Hadley Freeman
16, Nov, 2019 @9:00 AM
From Cinderella to Patrick Melrose: the best books about new beginnings
Tales that show we can start afresh are what we need at this time of year – so Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun, shares her favourites
Amy Liptrot
03, Jan, 2019 @8:58 AM
The 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 4 – Patrick Melrose
David Nicholls turned Edward St Aubyn’s books into a heart-wrenching account of abuse and addiction, carried by a majestic Benedict Cumberbatch
Phil Harrison
17, Dec, 2018 @6:00 AM
Kate Atkinson calls authors reviewing their peers a 'callous art'
British novelist who recently published latest book Transcription says she tries not to read bad reviews
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
07, Oct, 2018 @9:56 AM
Top 10 real-life monsters in fiction
Bringing the very worst humans – from Joseph Stalin to Idi Amin – to life in novels is a tough call. But it can be done well, if you can bear to read
Glenn Skwerer
19, Sep, 2018 @9:59 AM
In brief: The Shepherd’s Hut; Radical Help; Dunbar – reviews
Tim Winton unpicks masculinity in the outback, the failing welfare state is taken to task, while King Lear is recast as a media magnate
Hannah Beckerman
24, Jun, 2018 @10:00 AM
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