alexander-larman
In brief: Dam Buster, The Cameraman, The Perfect Golden Circle – reviews
A portrait of Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb, a fascist family take a trip through 1930s Europe, and crop circle enthusiasts seek catharsis in the summer of 1989
Alexander Larman
14, May, 2023 @2:00 PM
In brief: The Memory Keeper; The Anniversary; How to Be Invisible – reviews
Jackie Kohnstamm uncovers her grandparents’ lives in Berlin, a novelist loses her husband at sea and Kate Bush perceptively introduces her lyrics
Alexander Larman
17, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
Touching Cloth by Fergus Butler-Gallie review – the pratfalls and pitfalls of priesthood
Butler-Gallie’s wry memoir of his work as a Church of England priest is warm and rewarding, if tinged with disappointment
Alexander Larman
28, Mar, 2023 @8:00 AM
In brief: The English Actor; Cursed Bread; The Restless Republic – reviews
A woolly history of stage acting; a sensuous tale of deadly obsession in a French town; and a seminal exploration of Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate
Alexander Larman
19, Mar, 2023 @4:00 PM
In brief: Tomorrow Perhaps the Future; Queen K; Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber – review
A fascinating study of the women who chronicled the Spanish civil war; a superb skewering of the idle rich; and the story of the debutante turned IRA activist
Alexander Larman
19, Feb, 2023 @3:00 PM
In brief: Elizabeth & Philip; Now She Is Witch; Butler to the World – book reviews
An all-round portrait of the Queen’s courtship and marriage; a spellbinding example of ‘witch lit’; and a gripping study of dirty money in the UK
Alexander Larman
23, Jan, 2023 @10:00 AM
In brief: Courtiers; Anglo-Saxon Myths; Unmasking Our Leaders – review
Valentine Low on the power behind the throne, Brice Stratford tells stories of gods and monsters, and Michael Cockerell’s anecdote-filled memoir about his political reporting career
Alexander Larman
27, Nov, 2022 @4:30 PM
The Romantic by William Boyd review – a swashbuckling adventure
Boyd’s absorbing ‘whole-life’ novel transports its 19th-century hero around the globe for encounters with real-life figures and endless incident
Alexander Larman
01, Nov, 2022 @12:00 PM
In brief: The Good Drinker; The Blue Flames; Exit Stage Left – reviews
Adrian Chiles gives entertaining advice on moderation, AM Burrage’s spooky short stories get their dues and Nick Duerden tells of the tolls of pop stardom
Alexander Larman
31, Oct, 2022 @6:00 PM
In brief: Three Times a Countess; Queen High; Nina Simone’s Gum – review
An eye-opening biography of Raine Spencer; an exciting counterfactual novel set in postwar Britain; and Warren Ellis’s witty account of devotion
Alexander Larman
02, Oct, 2022 @3:00 PM
In brief: Remainders of the Day; A Street Shaken by Light; The Prime Ministers We Never Had – review
Misanthropic meanderings in the book trade; a swashbuckling historical saga; and a revelatory study of political what ifs
Alexander Larman
04, Sep, 2022 @4:00 PM
Coffee With Hitler by Charles Spicer review – polite society v the Nazis
A fascinating history of the fruitless attempts by British high society to civilise, rather than appease, the Third Reich
Alexander Larman
04, Sep, 2022 @10:00 AM
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