March 2021


Film February 22, 2021

Eyes wide open

Frederic Raphael wrote the script for Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Now he writes a personal letter to the director’s shade

Frederic Raphael

Book Review February 22, 2021

Swing the cat

We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News by Eliot Higgins reviewed

Jay Elwes

Television February 22, 2021

Ridley’s game

Raised by Wolves reviewed

James Delingpole

Book Review February 22, 2021

Playwright at play

Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee reviewed

Craig Raine

Music February 22, 2021

Alfred Brendel, Dadaist

Brendel’s writing, unlike his nobly self-effacing recordings, hints at a slightly scary personality

Damian Thompson

Television February 22, 2021

Boys will be boys

Whatever happened to the heroes?

Amber Duke

Book Review February 22, 2021

Russian roulette

Dostoevsky in Love: An Intimate Life by Alex Christofi reviewed

Daniel Rey

Book Review February 22, 2021

Enlightened minds

Was there one Enlightenment or many?

Jesse Norman

Book Review February 22, 2021

Missing links

Invisible Ink by Patrick Modiano reviewed

Boyd Tonkin

Book Review February 22, 2021

The life and loves of Mary Wollstonecraft

Wollstonecraft: Philosophy, Passion and Politics by Sylvana Tomaselli reviewed

Ruth Scurr

Book Review February 22, 2021

‘Mother Volga’ has always been Russia’s lifeblood

The Volga: A History by Janet M. Hartley reviewed

Matthew Janney