How excited Barry Miles must have been when the news reached him that his new book London Calling: A Counter-Cultural History of London since 1945 was to be a full-page review in a popular Sunday newspaper, the Mail on Sunday, and by a blue-chip reviewer, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Sadly for Barry, it… Continue reading The Mayor of London rips off the counter-culture
Read moreJust one now and then, a review appears which takes a step back from the book, film or play under consideration and makes a wider, more significant point. A case in point is Walter Kirn’s recent review in the New York Times of Ian McEwan’s new novel Solar – a book so good, Kirn’s… Continue reading Impressive to behold – but a virtuous pain to read
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