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Patient 1 by Charlotte Raven review
If you can remember the 90s, you weren’t really there,” writes Charlotte Raven in her memoir, Patient 1: Forgetting and Finding Myself. “I remember so little of it that I must have been more there than practically anyone, Liam Gallagher excepted.” For those…
Black Rainbow - poetry in a moving account of depression
Black Rainbow - poetry in a moving account of depression
A journalist and mother charts her descent into illness and the slow rebuilding of her shattered self…
You Should Have Known - a witty domestic suspense novel
You Should Have Known - a witty domestic suspense novel
Jean Hanff Korelitz's pacy thriller examines the fear that we might not know our nearest and dearest as…
How true should historical fiction be?
How true should historical fiction be?
From Hilary Mantel to Andrew Miller to Philippa Gregory, historical fiction is enjoying a boom. But novelists are…
The mystery of MH370 goes to the heart of our fears
The mystery of MH370 goes to the heart of our fears
Malaysia Airlines' missing plane prompts the niggling thought that maybe we have no business taking to the skies…
What Was Promised - 'Tobias Hill's White Teeth'
What Was Promised - 'Tobias Hill's White Teeth'
Tobias Hill's fifth novel, which follows three immigrant families in London, confirms him as an outstanding writer of…
Miranda Hart: My, What I Call Live Show - 'a triumph of old-school entertainment'
Miranda Hart: My, What I Call Live Show - 'a triumph of old-school entertainment'
Miranda Hart's party-popping Everywoman intimacy is perfectly at home in the huge O2…
Falling into the Fire - a psychiatrist's impressive study of mental health
Falling into the Fire - a psychiatrist's impressive study of mental health
Christine Montross helps to demystify madness with her perceptive, case-based account of the ethics of psychiatry…
Tim Key: Single White Slut - master of bathos
Tim Key: Single White Slut - master of bathos
Tim Key at the Soho theatre is somewhere between standup and experimental theatre – and he's painfully funny…
Miles Jupp is the Chap You're Thinking Of
Miles Jupp is the Chap You're Thinking Of
The 'know-it-all posh boy' broadens his appeal with his latest show…
The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
Helen Walsh's tale of forbidden pleasure in Mallorca is as substantial as it is sexy…
Was JK Rowling right to admit she was wrong about Ron and Hermione?
Was JK Rowling right to admit she was wrong about Ron and Hermione?
When JK Rowling admitted that she regretted pairing Ron and Hermione, Harry Potter fans were furious. Should she…
Meet the author MJ Carter on historical fiction: 'It was brilliant to make stuff up!'
Meet the author MJ Carter on historical fiction: 'It was brilliant to make stuff up!'
Historian Miranda Carter on what inspired her to turn to historical crime fiction – and how to be…
Rising stars of 2014 - stage
Rising stars of 2014 - stage
We speak to comedian Aisling Bea, theatre director Sam Yates and dancer Francesca Hayward about an exciting year…