Review
Forty years on, Stand By Me is back in cinemas. The coming-of-age story comes of age
Forty years on, Stand By Me is back in cinemas. The coming-of-age story comes of age
Rob Reiner’s film presents a carefree summer in 1959 that turns into a fateful inflection point for its Oregon tearaways
The Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story
The Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story
It is an enthralling story of science, faith, identity and human connection
The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head
The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head
Jordan examines time and memory, what it means to be alive, and love and loss
The Delusions by Jenny Fagan book review: speaking truth to power with wit and fire
The Delusions by Jenny Fagan book review: speaking truth to power with wit and fire
City Like Water by Dorothy Tse book review: the quiet dissent of a city unravelling
City Like Water by Dorothy Tse book review: the quiet dissent of a city unravelling
Splitsville: The romcom chucking a grenade into domestic bliss
Splitsville: The romcom chucking a grenade into domestic bliss
After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux
After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux
Young Once: A Life Less Heavy by Nigel Planer review: highly entertaining and endearingly droll
Young Once: A Life Less Heavy by Nigel Planer review: highly entertaining and endearingly droll
Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination
Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination
Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale
Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale
One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer
One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer
May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry book review: communing with the past
May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry book review: communing with the past
Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage
Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage
Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships
Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships
The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
The President’s Cake review: a surprisingly sweet depiction of life under an uncaring regime
The President’s Cake review: a surprisingly sweet depiction of life under an uncaring regime
John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
Waiting for the Out review – discussing Odysseus with Trevor from EastEnders was not on my bingo card
Waiting for the Out review – discussing Odysseus with Trevor from EastEnders was not on my bingo card
Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing
Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing
Waiting for the Out writer Dennis Kelly: ‘In prison, all you can hear is chaos’
Waiting for the Out writer Dennis Kelly: ‘In prison, all you can hear is chaos’
Rental Family review – satisfaction guaranteed with Brendan Fraser
