Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
Super-Infinite is a startlingly wonderful and quite unputdownable biography of John Donne. Katherine Rundell has…
Browsing: Books
Hitler, Stalin Mum and Dad – A Memoir of Survival
Daniel Finkelstein, probably best known for his political and football journalism in The Times, has…
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
Since the publication of his first book Mountains of the Mind in 2003, Robert Macfarlane…
The Wobble Club
Auteur filmmaker, scriptwriter and Arb contributor Simon Rumley’s first novel is at times an unsettling…
Murder in the Lady Chapel
Hannah Weybridge is a woman dogged by trouble. As a freelance journalist and single mother,…
Colditz, Prisoners of the Castle
As I started writing this review there was a minor storm in a teacup over…
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann’s latest book The Wager, A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder tells the…
The Fraud, by Zadie Smith
Ever since Zadie Smith burst on to the literary scene with her deservedly award winning…
La Serenissima: The Story of Venice
It is a brave writer who takes on Venice, La Serenissima, given the long list…
A Brief Introduction to the Arab Novel
In a new take on our Books coverage this weekend, Philip Cottam turns his hand to explore…
The Flame of Resistance by Damien Lewis
“God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as…
Hybrid Humans
Hybrid Humans is an unusual and illuminating examination of the growing interface between technology and…