Book Review: NW by Zadie Smith
November 12, 2024
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, #39
September 28, 2024
-
Beyond the Hedgerows of Cornwall
September 26, 2024It is of all the Celtic kingdoms the greenest and most beautiful. Palms, wisteria, and camellias...
-
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Long Good Friday, #34
September 14, 2024There’s a fascinating blend of flag waver and felon in the English bulldog character created by...
-
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
September 13, 2024The Pre-Raphaelites shared several treasured ideals, but their painting styles varied greatly. The two transcendent themes,...
-
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Eastern Promises, #29
September 3, 2024The diary of Tatiana (Tatiana Maslany), a 14-year-old, drug-addicted prostitute who dies while giving birth to...
-
The Collector by John Fowles
August 6, 2024Fowles was a writer who always seemed content to remain in the shadows, on the edge...
-
Battle for Europe: How the Duke of Marlborough Masterminded the Defeat of France at Blenheim by Charles Spencer
August 3, 2024Even the greatest deeds of brave men can be forgotten in the mists of time -...
-
After the Victorians by A.N. Wilson
August 1, 2024Like its predecessor, The Victorians, this book is a portrait of an age, rather than a...