David Baddiel: Jews Don’t Count
In a week when 200 academics have come out (anonymously) in support of antisemitic lecturer David Miller, David Baddiel seems to be onto something with his new book Jews Don’t […]
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Barack Obama: A Promised Land
The long-awaited memoir from the 44th US president weighs in at a hefty 700 pages, as Obama shares thoughts and feelings from his meteoric rise and time in office. The […]
Been So Long: My Life and Music
The autobiography of Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen is now out in paperback, a book so beautiful it quite literally attracts butterflies. Been So Long charts the musician’s journey from […]
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
As these are “unprecedented times” (by which I mean a year without Eurovision), here’s a book review: the new novel by the great horror writer Grady Hendrix, in which a […]
Book Review: The Secret Commonwealth
The sequel to 2017’s La Belle Sauvage, and the second part of Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust ‘equel’ trilogy, The Secret Commonwealth is set nearly two decades later, and […]
Moby: Then It Fell Apart
Moby’s well-received first memoir, Porcelain, covered his experiences as a New York DJ in the 80s and 90s, and ended tantalizingly on the eve of his mega-successful breakthrough album Play. […]
Michelle Obama: Becoming
Michelle Obama takes us from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to becoming the first black First Lady of the United States. The first seven chapters, in which […]
Fear: Trump in the White House
Legendary Watergate reporter Bob Woodward is the latest to lift the lid on the inner workings of one of the most controversial governments in US history in Fear: Trump in […]
James Comey: A Higher Loyalty
While ostensibly the memoirs of the shortest-serving FBI Director of all time, A Higher Loyalty is really about two people. James Comey, and Donald Trump. It takes us through his […]
Book review: La Belle Sauvage
After a long wait, Philip Pullman has released a follow-up to his wildly successful and highly acclaimed His Dark Materials, forming the first installment of a new trilogy; The Book […]
