Louise Perry reviews Females by Andrea Long Chu

James Booth reviews ‘Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin’

David Womersley reviews Waugh on Wine by Auberon Waugh

D.J. Taylor reflects on nearly four decades of hard graft on the literary pages

Rudeness does not make for good television

Flying is a macho thing for musicians. It shows they are in demand and living the good life

Those in charge are in thrall to vain provocateur directors

Stars of the stage are more likely to feature in the Honours list than the people who write their scripts

Our theater gossip columnist spills the beans on his fellow actors and gives us some predictions for the new year

Is a super-rich collector having works stolen to order?