April 2021

For an artist to qualify as a genius, he only has to do create a single masterpiece once. Twain did it twice

From the sounds of Strauss to the stories of Joseph Roth

Harris ignores the prerequisites for meditation that nearly all religions consider essential

There probably is something here for everyone. But maybe only one thing

The Madman’s Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History by Edward Brooke-Hitching reviewed

The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White reviewed

One hundred years on from the seminal Chaplin flick

Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan reviewed

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro reviewed

ZeroZeroZero reviewed

The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale reviewed