Tag: books
Turbulent indigos: glorious Joni Mitchell watercolours – in pictures
In 1971, Mitchell gave 100 of her closest friends a handmade copy of The Christmas Book, a collection of early songs, poems and watercolours. It is now being published more than 40 years later by Canongate as Morning Glory on the Vine Continue reading…
Struggling with The Golden Notebook? The hard work is worth it
For every moment of high drama, there are also sections of intense tedium. But Doris Lessing’s masterpiece delivers a big payoffIn my edition of Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook, the text that forms the titular volume arrives on page 531. These clim…
Ariel Levy on Demi Moore: ‘She was sick of people trying to tell her who she should be’
From hosting a podcast about Jeffrey Epstein to ghostwriting for one of Hollywood’s most famous, the journalist reflects on life after her ‘trial by fire’Ariel Levy wrote one of October’s top bestselling books in the US, but you may not know it. After …
Nick Tosches: the writer who made his prose rock and roll
Tosches, who has died aged 69, wrote about everything from drugs to modern art – and his punkish music writing pricked the pretensions of his peersThe late Nick Tosches would doubtless have been furious to be described as a music journalist. He wrote f…
Peter Brook: the time Truman Capote and I flopped on Broadway
Inspired by a magical ballet, I gathered a peerless writer, a top composer and Broadway’s most vibrant star. But even renowned directors can get it badly wrong…‘Broadway” and “Hollywood” have long been words of derision. So I take a secret pleasure in …
Find Me by André Aciman review – a beautiful conclusion for Elio and Oliver
The author of Call Me By Your Name returns to his beloved characters in a deeply romantic, philosophical sequelAndré Aciman’s 2007 breakthrough novel, Call Me By Your Name – later made into an award-winning film directed by Luca Guadagnino – told the s…
Catch and **** by Ronan Farrow review – how the great white predators stick together
Ronan Farrow braved tough resistance to bring us his masterful account of a conspiracy of abusers reaching from Harvey Weinstein to the top of the US mediaWatching Ursula Macfarlane’s mesmerising documentary about Harvey Weinstein last month, I found m…
Top 10 books about black radicalism
For Black History Month, Kehinde Andrews shares some of the best books from the radical voices which are such a vital part of black political thoughtAs we enter into the annual celebration of all things black for a month, it is the perfect time for a r…
Pride and prejudice: the best books on the refugee experience
From a comedy about a childhood in wartime to a memoir smuggled from Manus Island on a phone, Dina Nayeri selects the best books about asylumThe refugee story doesn’t end at asylum and safety, the moment when many readers look away. It is an endless ba…
Robert De Niro on his father’s journals: ‘It was sad for me to read. He had his demons’
Robert De Niro Sr left notebooks that revealed struggles with his sexuality and mental health. His son still can’t bear to read themRobert De Niro has given the authors of a book about his artist father access to intimate journals written by the painte…