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Economics
Book Review: Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones
August 19, 2025But wherever it originated, the word conjures up an instant picture of young people in cheap...
Theatre
Theatre Review: Frankenstein at the National Theatre, London
July 22, 2025There are some terrific “There’s something in the sack!” or “What’s that climbing down the wall?”...
Theatre
Opera Review: Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House, London
July 19, 2025Anna Nicole zipped herself up in a bodybag, surrounded by a crowd of camera-headed creatures which...
Historical Fiction
Book Review: Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C.J. Sansom
July 11, 2025Matthew Shardlake the lawyer and his friend Dr. Guy Malton represent the arrival of the professional...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
July 4, 2025Whatever her faults, you can’t criticise Patricia Cornwell for sticking in a rut. Port Mortuary, her...
Theatre
Theatre Review: Blood and Gifts at the National Theatre, London
June 16, 2025Pop music functions as a metonym for the cultural appropriations and misunderstandings which occur onstage. Is...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
June 2, 2025The premise of Philip Pullman’s new book is brilliant. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch
May 3, 2025Voodoo Histories isn’t an attempt to tell everyone to chill out and stop worrying about what...
Mystery
The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
April 12, 2025She’s developed an enjoyable way of beginning novels in the middle of a story, letting her...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Democracy: 1,000 Years in Pursuit of British Liberty by Peter Kellner
April 7, 2025Magna Carta, that legendary document which is so frequently referred to in discussions of freedom, and...
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