August 2021


Film July 19, 2021

Yet more death in Venice

Björn Andrésen is now tall and painfully thin with long silver hair and a matching beard that belong on Merlin

Michael Collins

Music July 19, 2021

The lost king of the blues

No one played the blues like Mike Bloomfield

Ben Lazarus

Book Review July 19, 2021

Revolution and repression

The Republic of False Truths by Alaa Al Aswany reviewed

Suzi Feay

Film July 19, 2021

Affluent white female killer

I Care a Lot reviewed

Nicky Otis Smith

Book Review July 19, 2021

Brave new virtual world

The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam reviewed

Lee Langley

Book Review July 19, 2021

A tender portrait of Leonora Carrington, painter, writer — and a mother who was not always there

The Invisible Painting: My Memoir of Leonora Carrington by Gabriel Weisz Carrington reviewed

Clinton Heylin

Music July 19, 2021

A quiet revolution for our times may have begun

I hope more and more people will find the courage to speak the truth as they see it

Winston Marshall

Book Review July 19, 2021

A divided city: the Big Three fall out in post-war Berlin

Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World by Giles Milton reviewed

Adam Sisman

Book Review July 19, 2021

Good luck enjoying eating salmon ever again

How to Love Animals: In a Human-Shaped World by Henry Mance reviewed

Emma Beddington