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Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters by Claire Bueno – Review
By Roger Crow As a huge fan of Ivan Reitman’s 1984 blockbuster Ghostbusters, I was amazed I’d never seen the ... -
Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider – Review
By Clare Jenkins The front cover of Expressionists shows a mustard-coloured tiger looking warily over its shoulder at us, amid ... -
Sticky Bottle by Carlton Kirby – Review
By Nigel Armitage Subscribers – nay adherents – of Eurosport’s professional cycling coverage hardly need an introduction to Carlton Kirby. ... -
Pucking Around by Emily Rath – Review
By Sophie Blee (aged 15) Pucking Around was the first book I’ve read by Emily Rath, and the first in ... -
Dramatic Murder by Elizabeth Anthony – Review
By Sarah Morgan Some titles jump up and grab you by the throat. Others are instantly forgettable. Sadly, Dramatic Murder ... -
How The Beatles Rocked the World by Stephen F. Kelly – Review
By Clare Jenkins The old saying is ‘If you can remember the Sixties, you weren’t there’. Stephen F. Kelly remembers ... -
Pauline Boty: British Pop Art’s Sole Sister by Marc Kristal – Review
By Clare Jenkins There’s a fascinating BBC Monitor film, dating from 1962 and directed by Ken Russell, called Pop Goes ... -
Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920 – Review
By Clare Jenkins Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting shows a woman at an artist’s easel, brown apron ... -
Mr Pottermack’s Oversight T by R Austin Freeman – Review
By Sarah Morgan Here’s a neat little fact for you: the Columbo TV series came about because American TV executives ... -
A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder by Gay Marris – Review
By Sarah Morgan The year 1968 was full of extraordinary events in Britain. Enoch Powell made his notorious ‘Rivers of ... -
Goodbye To Russia by Sarah Rainsford – Review
By Barney Bardsley The beginning of Sarah Rainsford’s story is not on page one of this book, but on page ... -
Trelawny’s Cornwall by Petroc Trelawny – Review
By Clare Jenkins Petroc Trelawny is a hero in our house. Presenter of Radio 3’s Breakfast show, his was the ...
