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Sissy porn and trans dirty laundry
Louise Perry reviews Females by Andrea Long Chu
Sharing the pleasure in poetry
James Booth reviews ‘Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin’
A keen nose and sharp prose
David Womersley reviews Waugh on Wine by Auberon Waugh
Why do we review books?
D.J. Taylor reflects on nearly four decades of hard graft on the literary pages
Manners maketh answers
Rudeness does not make for good television
High notes go wrong
Flying is a macho thing for musicians. It shows they are in demand and living the good life
Schlock of the new
Those in charge are in thrall to vain provocateur directors
Actors do love gongs
Stars of the stage are more likely to feature in the Honours list than the people who write their scripts
Old Romeo’s Almanac
Our theater gossip columnist spills the beans on his fellow actors and gives us some predictions for the new year
To catch a thief
Is a super-rich collector having works stolen to order?