Category Archives: Books

Shakespeare & Company: ‘The Sinner And The Saint’ Author Kevin Birmingham

Previews: London Review Of Books – March 10

Preview: Times Literary Supplement – March 4

Preview: Times Literary Supplement – February 18

In this week’s TLS

Julian Evans’s TLS cover review looks at writing inspired by another quarrel between people of whom we need to know much more – in Ukraine and its Donbas region

By Martin Ivens

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European politics|Book Review

Shards of language

Dispatches from the Donbas

By Julian Evans

European literature|Book Review

A fairy tale, but with strings attached

The crossover appeal of a world-famous puppet

By Ann Hallamore Caesar

British literature|Book Review

Inheritors of the cult

Why we’re still obsessed with Shakespeare

By Chris Townsend

Biography|Book Review

On the way somewhere

New perspectives on a troubled celebrity chef

By George Berridge

New Books: ‘Otherlands’ By Thomas Halliday (2022)

Book Review: ‘The Nineties’ By Chuck Klosterman

Preview: Times Literary Supplement – February 11

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New Books: ‘South To America’ By Imani Perry

In her new book “South to America,” author Imani Perry seeks to change how people view the American South and, thus, the country’s history as a whole. Jeffrey Brown spoke with Perry, who traveled through the southern regions of the U.S. and explored the complexities and misperceptions she found along the way.

Preview: Times Literary Supplement – February 4

Shakespeare & Company: Patrick Hastings On His James Joyce ‘Ulysses’ Guide