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A User’s Guide to Melancholy by Mary Ann Lund review – senses of humour
A learned and readable picture of Renaissance medicine with less comic eccentricity than Robert Burton’s 1621 magnum opus
Nicholas Lezard
13, May, 2021 @11:00 AM
Illustrator Albert Uderzo drew me in to Asterix's world with deftness and care
The way Uderzo’s comic book panels progressed from rudimentary was an important lesson for a child
Nicholas Lezard
24, Mar, 2020 @5:36 PM
Philosopher of the Heart by Clare Carlisle review – the restless life of Søren Kierkegaard
Kierkegaard had no time for the conventions of ordinary life. But his severity did not stop him being witty
Nicholas Lezard
12, Apr, 2019 @7:59 AM
Is Watership Down really 'just a story about rabbits'? | Nicholas Lezard
Richard Adams’s novel is, as he insisted, about unsentimentally observed animals. But his experience as a soldier left an undeniable mark on the story, too
Nicholas Lezard
15, Dec, 2018 @7:00 AM
Waistcoats are amazing – and not just because of Gareth Southgate | Nicholas Lezard
I’ve been wearing a waistcoat for more than 20 years. Finally my foresight and excellent taste are being vindicated, says Nicholas Lezard, a literary critic for the Guardian
Nicholas Lezard
05, Jul, 2018 @11:30 AM
Alexa, what does the future hold? A dystopia where gadgets spy on us | Nicholas Lezard
Stories of Amazon Echo malfunctioning are creepy, but it seems that soon our technology is going to be in control of us, says Guardian critic Nicholas Lezard
Nicholas Lezard
28, May, 2018 @12:46 PM
What's great about The Limehouse Golem? Glorious Victorian London grime
Smoke-blackened brick, the soot, the fog … Starring Bill Nighy, the film adaptation of Peter Ackroyd’s novel is a reminder that London is a Victorian city and its pea soupers and shadowy figures are made for cinema
Nicholas Lezard
08, Sep, 2017 @1:00 PM
Hate hearing someone eat? It could be misophonia – or plain old misanthropy | Nicholas Lezard
I think misophonia is perhaps as much an existential condition as a physiological one, writes Guardian critic Nicholas Lezard
Nicholas Lezard
18, Aug, 2017 @9:00 AM
The smoking ban 10 years on: what’s changed on page and screen?
Legislation that restricted smoking at work and in public in the UK now alters how readers and viewers perceive the fictional tobacco habit
Nicholas Lezard
07, Jul, 2017 @2:00 PM
Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish by Tom McCarthy review – masterful essays
Nicholas Lezard’s paperback of the week: illuminating Sterne, Proust and Joyce, this deft collection takes our understanding down new paths
Nicholas Lezard
07, Jun, 2017 @8:30 AM
Major/Minor by Alba Arikha review – a teenager's memoir of turbulent times
Teen angst, the Holocaust and being Beckett’s goddaughter intertwine in this revelatory family memoir
Nicholas Lezard
01, Jun, 2017 @8:30 AM
Silage by Bethany W Pope review – poetry as salvation
Nicholas Lezard’s paperback of the week: this harrowing collection drawn from a youth spent in an orphanage delights in language as a place of private escape
Nicholas Lezard
16, May, 2017 @8:30 AM
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