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The Curse of Sherlock Holmes: The Basil Rathbone Story by David Clayton Review
By Sarah Morgan Did you grow up in the 1980s? And if so, do you remember when BBC Two used ... -
Jet Man by Duncan Campbell-Smith – Review
By Liam Bird In 1929, RAF Pilot Officer Frank Whittle presented his end of term thesis to the Air Ministry ... -
Jacinda Ardern: A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman – Review
By Richard Mansfield Since publication of this readable, useful and informative biography, Jacinda Ardern has led her Labour Party to ... -
Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies – Review
By Helen Johnston The title of this autobiography provides a clue that this isn’t going to be a light-hearted look ... -
Russian Roulette: The Life and Times of Graham Greene by Richard Greene – Review
By Sarah Morgan Why has nobody made a film about Graham Greene’s life? It’s the most extraordinary story, one which, ... -
David Hockney: A Life by Catherine Cusset – Review
By Sandra Callard David Hockney: A Life, is a heavily condensed biography of less than two hundred pages, following the ... -
Making Oscar Wilde by Michèle Mendelssohn – Review
By Sandra Callard Michèle Mendelssohn’s new book, Making Oscar Wilde, is packed solid with possibly previously unknown information on Wilde’s ... -
Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma Mahler by Cate Haste – Review
By Jeff Halden Her daughter Anna summed up Alma Mahler thus: ‘She was a big animal. And sometimes she was ... -
Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma – Review
By Audrey Coldron If you did not see the BBC TV series Gentleman Jack, scripted by award-winning writer Sally Wainwright, ... -
In Extremis: the Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum – Review
By Barney Bardsley IN 2001, war correspondent Marie Colvin was in Sri Lanka, covering the Tamil Tigers’ bloody battle for ... -
The Stakes Were High by Keith Baker – Review
By Colin Barnett Many people are described as extraordinary, but if anyone deserves the description, it’s the subject of this ... -
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy – Review
By Barney Bardsley IN 1989 Deborah Levy published her first novel, Beautiful Mutants. Short, intense, exotic, this story follows a ...
