A novel about a film about a performance about Jesus.
Reviews: Biography/Memoir
Book review: ‘The Red Tenda of Bologna’ by John Berger
A short memoir-cum-essay on the city of Bologna and an enigmatic uncle.
Book review: ‘The Gold Machine’ by Iain Sinclair
Tracking the ancestors from Highlands to coffee colony
Book review: ‘Bibliomaniac’ by Robin Ince
Writer and comedian tours 104 bookshops, buying far too many books as he does so.
Book review: ‘Map of a Nation’ by Rachel Hewitt
A biography of the early Ordnance Survey.
Book review: ‘Required Writing’ by Philip Larkin
Required reading.
Book review: ‘The Best of Me’ by David Sedaris
Humorous memoir anthology.
Book review: ‘Base Notes’ by Adelle Stripe
A tender, frank and funny memoir.
Book review: ‘In the Dark Room’ by Brian Dillon
A memoir on memory, loss, heirlooms, places, photographs and other remnants.
Book review: ‘Lifelines’ by Julian Hoffman
Searching for home in the mountains of Greece.