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Siblings by Brigitte Reimann – Review
By Barney Bardsley This beautiful, enigmatic little book was first published in German in 1963. It has taken 60 years ... -
Medusa by Jessie Burton – Review
By Barney Bardsley In Caravaggio’s stark portrait of Medusa, painted in 1597, she is captured at the moment of her ... -
The Cure for Sleep by Tanya Shadrick – Review
By Barney Bardsley In this strange and feverish memoir – reading sometimes like a fairy tale, sometimes a painful confessional ... -
Walking the Invisible: Following in the Brontës’ Footsteps by Michael Stewart – Review
By Barney Bardsley This is the story of an author’s obsession. It is an obsession that many people share with ... -
Recovery: the Lost Art of Convalescence by Dr Gavin Francis – Review
By Barney Bardsley Never has the publication of a book been more timely and welcome than this short but sagacious ... -
Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing – Review
By Barney Bardsley This is a book about the body: our first and most important home, and the site of ... -
Real Estate by Deborah Levy – Review
By Barney Bardsley This is the third volume of memoirs by author Deborah Levy, in which she examines, with wry ... -
A Burning by Megha Majumdar – Review
By Barney Bardsley This is a brisk and brutal novel about corruption and human culpability. Set in contemporary India, it ... -
Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston – Review
By Barney Bardsley There were few public figures in twentieth century British affairs so huge and dominant as newspaper and ... -
Recollections of My Non-Existence by Rebecca Solnit – Review
By Barney Bardsley In 2008, American author Rebecca Solnit wrote an essay called ‘Men Explain Things To Me’. She began ... -
Marram by Leonie Charlton – Review
By Barney Bardsley Two women, Leonie and Shuna, ride off on their Highland ponies, Ross and Chief, one summer’s morning. ... -
Along the Amber Route: St Petersburg to Venice by C.J. Schüler – Review
By Barney Bardsley There is something mesmerising about amber. Its honey-coloured opalescence is enjoyed these days for its charm, its ...
