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Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth by Keiron Pim review – grand tribute to a gifted malcontent
This timely, impeccably researched biography details the restless brilliance of the mournful writer who fled Hitler’s Germany and sought solace in drink
Ian Thomson
23, Oct, 2022 @10:00 AM
The Sinner and the Saint review – the story behind Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment
Kevin Birmingham’s clear and gripping new study of the Russian writer digs deep into the inspiration for Raskolnikov
Ian Thomson
15, Nov, 2021 @9:00 AM
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone review – Nico as the gothic Garbo
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike’s biography is absorbing and informative but paints a flattering portrait of the enigmatic model turned singer
Ian Thomson
20, Jun, 2021 @8:00 AM
Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli review – the mysteries of quantum mechanics
Having altered how we think about time, the physicist sets his sights on perhaps the most maddeningly difficult theory of all
Ian Thomson
23, Mar, 2021 @7:00 AM
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture review – superb history of Haiti
An outstanding study of how ‘the first black superhero of the modern age’ led the world’s only successful slave revolution
Ian Thomson
11, Oct, 2020 @10:00 AM
Nexhmije Hoxha obituary
Wife of the Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha who was dubbed the Lady Macbeth of Albania
Ian Thomson
02, Mar, 2020 @5:05 PM
The Oblique Place by Caterina Pascual Söderbaum review – a family’s dark Nazi past
A ‘castle of murder’ in Nazi Austria is at the heart of this semi-autobiographical family chronicle
Ian Thomson
08, Nov, 2018 @3:00 PM
Asperger’s Children by Edith Sheffer review – the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna
In popular legend, Asperger was an Oskar Schindler figure who shielded his charges from euthanasia. The truth is more uncomfortable
Ian Thomson
27, Jul, 2018 @8:00 AM
The Archipelago: Italy Since 1945 by John Foot review – sparkling chronicle of a nation divided
A lively and meticulously researched account of Italy’s political history, from postwar to present
Ian Thomson
24, Jun, 2018 @9:00 AM
'I was capturing living history': Jim Grover on his photographs of south London's Windrushers
For a year, photographer Jim Grover immersed himself in the world of south London’s Windrush generation – at home, in church and at the domino club
Ian Thomson
05, May, 2018 @5:00 PM
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli review – a worthy heir to Stephen Hawking
Is time real or simply a useful measurement of change? The author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us to the limits of our understanding with clarity and style
Ian Thomson
24, Apr, 2018 @6:00 AM
Debussy: A Painter in Sound review – a lasting impression
Stephen Walsh’s fascinating study shows the composer progressing from ‘dainty’ sketches to extraordinary works of our time
Ian Thomson
04, Mar, 2018 @9:00 AM
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