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Pilot, playboy, player
This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to the author’s hat
Still-sparkling gems of an annus mirabilis
Tried and tested novels overlooked in our neophilic rush to the new and wanting
Let publishers publish
The protracted corporate decision-making process is stifling the books industry
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
Defend the arts … before it’s too late
It will take more than a new government and a bonfire of policy documents to put things right
Magic moments
A bomb dropped into the frightful world of mid-Victorian musical entertainment
Beef stew
Drake might be literally alive, but in terms of reputation, this was a murder
Stubbs at flay
His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses
Telling tales out of school
Is it really about sex, race, generational hierarchies — or the changeable nature of student-teacher relationships?
Cowboy quartet
A new screen Western is always welcome
