4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (255+ words) Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa (Image: Getty) Chatto & Windus, £18.99 Ukrainian Lessons: Art in a Time of War (Image: Jonathan Cape) Arts journalist and classicist, Charlotte Higgins first visited Ukraine in 2022, a few months into the war, and has since returned…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1076+ words) The tragedy of my generation is that we were raised in a period when news and analysis moved slowly enough for even those who didn’t stay across current affairs to have a fairly good understanding of important events. I recall,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (720+ words) The Herald Château Rouge, Amit Chaudhuri Faber & Faber, £14.99 Born in Calcutta and raised in Bombay, Amit Chaudhuri is an award-winning novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer. He is also a musician, who sings and composes in the Indian classical…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1026+ words) As a critic, I love being proved wrong. I try to approach each book objectively, but sometimes it’s difficult to suppress the desire to judge early and fast. I picked up A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper and couldn’t help…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (161+ words) Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark James Bailey (Image: Sceptre) Running On Air by Sophie Raworth (Image: Bloomsbury Sport/PA) In her mid-forties, previously unsporty BBC presenter Sophie Raworth took inspiration from a friend…...