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Sunday Book: Donna Leon - Earthly Remains
Sunday, 23 April 2017
It’s 25 years this year since Donna Leon introduced us to Commissario Guido Brunetti, a man who in his way has done as much for... Read more... |
'What did you do?' Actors reveal their Shakespearean secrets
Sunday, 23 April 2017
Much of the brilliance of Shakespeare lies in the openness, or ambiguity, of his texts. Whereas a novelist will often describe a character, an action or a scene in the most minute detail,... Read more... |
Sunday Book: Jo Nesbo - The Thirst
Sunday, 16 April 2017
The jacket designs of Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole thrillers don’t muck about. The novelist’s name with its... Read more... |
Michelangelo's Madonna and Child
Sunday, 16 April 2017
Michelangelo's Taddei tondo, which depicts the Madonna and Child with the Infant St John in a rocky landscape, is the only Michelangelo marble in Britain. Currently one of the stars of the... Read more... |
Sunday Book: Jean Hanff Korelitz - The Devil and Webster
Sunday, 09 April 2017
Naomi Roth, president of Webster College, Massachusetts, has come a long way since readers first made her acquaintance in Korelitz’s second... Read more... |
Brighton Festival 2017: 12 Free Events
Thursday, 06 April 2017
The Brighton Festival, which takes place every May, is renowned for its plethora of free events. The 2017 Festival is curated by Guest Director Kate Tempest, the poet, writer and performer,... Read more... |
Sunday Book: Min Kym - Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung
Sunday, 02 April 2017
“What’s it like to be a child prodigy?” is a question asked by violinist Min Kym several times... Read more... |
Sunday Book: Christian Madsbjerg - Sensemaking
Sunday, 26 March 2017
Two pernicious practices dominate Christian Madsbjerg's Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm: algorithm addiction and fake philosophy. The author thinks... Read more... |
Sunday Book: Yrsa Sigurdardóttir - The Legacy
Sunday, 19 March 2017
Anyone who's followed Yrsa's earlier novels, many of them featuring down-to-earth attorney Thora... Read more... |
Sunday Book: Helen Dunmore - Birdcage Walk
Sunday, 12 March 2017
Birdcage Walk in Bristol really exists. It runs under an arched canopy of branches though a long-disused graveyard in Clifton. At this eerie spot, all that remains of the blitzed church of St... Read more... |
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