Memoir
Comedy Samurai by Larry Charles review – the joyous, painful business of making people laugh
Comedy Samurai by Larry Charles review – the joyous, painful business of making people laugh
Charles takes comedy seriously, as all great comic artisans do. It’s a fascinating, colourful book
Bless Me Father by Kevin Rowland review – Dexys lynchpin bares his sensitive soul
Bless Me Father by Kevin Rowland review – Dexys lynchpin bares his sensitive soul
This long-awaited memoir is full of touchingly sincere apologies to everyone Rowland mistreated as an angry, difficult, insular young man
I Love You, Byeee by Adam Buxton review – catnip for comedy nerds
I Love You, Byeee by Adam Buxton review – catnip for comedy nerds
The genial comedian and podcaster presents a litany of blunders for our amusement in the second volume of his memoirs
Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled
Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled
Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit
Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit
Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time
Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time
Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor’s final word
Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor’s final word
‘Alcohol felt like home to us’: A mother and daughter’s story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it
‘Alcohol felt like home to us’: A mother and daughter’s story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it
This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee
This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee
The Light Room by Kate Zambreno review – a staggering breadth of knowledge
The Light Room by Kate Zambreno review – a staggering breadth of knowledge
Heaven by Emerson Whitney review – a memoir with fearsome grace
Heaven by Emerson Whitney review – a memoir with fearsome grace
Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley
Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley
Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers
Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair review – a compelling account of the Rastafari movement
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair review – a compelling account of the Rastafari movement
Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores
Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores
The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight
The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight
Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights
Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights
How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban
How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban
Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system
Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading
Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading
Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion
Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion
Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’
Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’
What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’
What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’
Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
