Philip Hensher

Michael Nott’s new biography tells the poet’s story in borderline-grueling detail

Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s Bloody Panico! is an amusing, though somewhat rancorous book

Write, Cut, Rewrite is an agreeable glimpse of highlights from a brilliant collection of literary manuscripts

The writer was right. Until August isn’t worthy of him and should probably have been left in the archives

People always assume that no one in inner London has much idea of the seasons. But everyone who goes to the park notices some annual events