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Sunday 12th February |
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Books in the Media
'Liar's Poker was a comedy. The Big Short is a tragedy' When Michael Lewis wrote his 1989 book about Wall Street, he thought he was chronicling a vanishing system. In his latest work, he found investors still making a killing, with much more serious consequences
The Night Gielgud's Career Lay In Ruins – And His Cry For Help Was Ignored New biography claims West End producer could have suppressed story of actor's arrest
Julian Assange: The Teen Hacker Who Became Insurgent In Information War The colourful lives and experiences that shaped underground rebel Julian Assange on the road to WikiLeaks luminary
Sir Patrick Moore: In Tune With Music Of The Spheres He played piano with Einstein and counts rock icons among his friends. But for Britain's best-loved astronomer, the stars in the sky are all that matter
'Merchants Of Culture' Revealed "Books are not reading devices" warns John B. Thompson, a Sociology professor at the University of Cambridge and author of "Merchants of Culture"
How To Write A (Good) Sentence The art of good writing
Chapter And Verse On Business At The Heart Of Our Intellectual Culture Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century
Dambisa Moyo: Without Change Us Will Almost Certainly Become A Socialist Nation Economist Dambisa Moyo predicts in her new book that the West's economic dominance will collapse unless some very difficult choices are made
The Artist Whose Secret Family History Became The Surprise Book Of The Year This time the Books of the Year choices came up with one stunning result
Gwyneth Paltrow: From Screen Siren To Domestic Goddess The culinary and celebrity worlds have been drooling in anticipation of the release of Gwyneth Paltrow's first cookbook
Matt Cardle: My Story New king of The X Factor tells how he almost didn't bother with the auditions
Add Some Psych To Your Life With The Syd Barrett Colouring Book You can spend the cold winter evenings adding some colour to images of the Madcap Syd and the 60s-era Pink Floyd line-up
Bob Marley 'Blacked Up' To Blend In The son of a white father and black mother, he was essentially forced to choose between the two
The Truth about Ikea Book claims to dismantle company's price promises
'Genius? I'm Not Even A Proper Writer!' Hans Keilson interview
Creating New Books From Old Jonathan Safran Foer on the art of making a book that cannot forget it has a body
How Does 'Street Of Crocodiles' Become 'Tree Of Codes'? When Jonathan Safran Foer Went Nuts With A Pair Of Scissors
Curtis Sittenfeld: 'American Wife Is The Opposite Of Satire' Curtis Sittenfeld is one of the finest novelists writing in America, best known for American Wife, in which she gazumped Laura Bush's life story. She talks to Hadley Freeman
Is Stress Ageing You? Scientists say stress can make your face age by a Decade but a new book claims you can repair the damage naturally
The Most Glamorous Of Literary Conmen Romain Gary was the most glamorous of literary conmen. He wrote novels under many names, won major prizes and married an iconic actress
A Book We Should Not Blog About Images You Should Not Masturbate To
Rereading: Doctor Zhivago New translation to mark the 50th anniversary of Boris Pasternak's death loses much of its force
Jagger: Keith's New Book Is 'a Bit Bitchy' Keith Richards' war of words with Mick Jagger continues
Herman Melville's Homoerotic Side Highlighted In New Book Nothing is ever consummated, but we see more than a few young men through Melville's eyes
Katie Price Transforms Into A Sexy Blonde Librarian As She Launches Fourth Autobiography With You Only Live Once being her fourth autobiography in six years, perhaps the mother-of-three decided a sophisticated make-up would help her gain more attention |
