Book Review: Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin
September 26, 2025The happiness was not to last. More Scrooge than Bob Cratchit in some respects, he was...
Art Review: Charles Dickens at 200, The Morgan Library and Museum
September 19, 2025Dickens’ novels probed the social ills of Victorian England in order to create unforgettable images of...
Book Review: Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris
September 12, 2025Woolf spent much of her life trying to free herself from the grasp of the past,...
The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre, London
September 1, 2025The fact that it can now boast of being the longest-running comedy currently in the West...
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...
A Watchful Eye On… Winston Churchill
July 21, 2025Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, known best as the wartime Prime Minister, held in his distinguished...
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...
The Weekly Listicle: Ballad Of The Soldier
July 9, 2025This weekend, Peter Weir graces us with The Way Back, a tale of daring escape by...
Brighton Rock Rises Again. Graham Greene Abides.
July 4, 2025Acclaimed screenwriter Rowan Joffé will try his hand at the directing game next year. For his...
A Watchful Eye On… Sherlock Holmes
July 2, 2025Sherlock Holmes as a strict Victorian period piece is over and done with, but the character...




