Biography
This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood by Alan Johnson - review
Former home secretary Alan Johnson's memories of extreme childhood poverty serve as an eloquent tribute to two extraordinary women Whatever you think of the party's policies, the best reason for voting Labour is that it puts men like Alan Johnson on the
Nijinsky by Lucy Moore - review
Vaslav Nijinsky's brief career and doomed existence is tackled with angry unsentimentality Vaslav Nijinsky was almost immobile at the last moment of his real life. Only his expressive hands moved, turning magazine pages as he waited outside the office of
Waiting to be Heard: A Memoir by Amanda Knox - review
Are we all guilty of feasting on Amanda Knox's story, asks Andrew Gumbel When Amanda Knox first hit the news headlines almost six years ago, she came across as every middle-class parent's nightmare: a seemingly serious, intelligent student who went to ItNijinsky: a Life by Lucy Moore, review
A mesmerising account of the Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky follows his every move with rapt attention, says Juliet Nicolson.
A Place in the Country - W. G. Sebald
From the author of the critically-acclaimed "Austerlitz" and "Across the Land and Water comes". "A Place in the Country", the much anticipated translation of one of W.G. Sebald's most brilliant works. When W. G. Sebald, the prize-winning author of "Auster
Charles Moore's biography of Margaret Thatcher: Review by Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum applauds Charles Moore's authorised biography of Baroness Thatcher.A Place in the Country by WG Sebald - review
Sebald's posthumous essays affirm his ability to make his own obessions ours too Posthumous publication seems to suit WG Sebald, now a dozen years dead, far more than most writers. He was, after all, in his writing, always in the company of ghosts, bothMargaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography, Volume One: Not for Turning by Charles Moore - review
Charles Moore's authorised life of Thatcher is clear-eyed and rich in telling detail It is a tricky deal being an authorised biographer. Charles Moore's big advantage over those who have previously tackled Margaret Thatcher is that he has been provided w
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris - review
Brave and cruel by turns, David Sedaris's latest collection of autobiographical essays is the work of a comic writer with a contempt for the ordinary Thousands of feet up in the air, David Byrne looks down at the land beneath him. He sees a baseball di