Cleopatra still dazzles sixty years later
The film is, above all, an Elizabeth Taylor-worshipping vehicle
Books & Arts
Edward Hopper’s America
The popular perception of the loneliness in the painter’s work could not be more wrong
An ingloriously dumb adaptation
Almost Famous fails to make the jump from screen to stage
Was the Queen Mother ever really funny?
Do Let’s Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell reviewed
Bob Dylan’s tower of song
The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan reviewed
Stephen Amidon’s day of the locust
A new novel explores the lengths communities will go to protect their own
The spy who loved me
Suleika Dawson’s account of her affair with novelist John le Carré has caused controversy. But she is unrepentant
The publishing mega-merger that wasn’t
Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster have failed to merge
The return of Bret Easton Ellis
The American Psycho and Less Than Zero author discusses his first novel in thirteen years
