Book Review
Smashed stereotypes or revisionist reveries?
Why judge prohibitionists by their words when we can judge them by their actions?
What’s behind that enigmatic smile?
The author of a new novel about the Mona Lisa explores the history of the world’s most famous painting
When bad reviews attack
Book reviews are not the preserve of the literary dilettantes — they have real power
Golden boy turned starstruck rube
The self-justifying self-portrait of a journalist who never made it
On and off the road
Jack Kerouac’s reputation should rest on his whole oeuvre — not just his most famous novel
How to be a literary editor
Done well, book reviews have never been more important
Stumbling blocks
Owen Hatherley offers a vital but frequently flawed guide to post-war British architecture
A quiet revolution
Enough of reformers who want to turn schools upside-down without knowing which way is up
The revolution will not be tweeted
Gal Beckerman’s history of how high-speed communication prevents social change
The Nineties: smells like Gen X nostalgia
Chuck Klosterman’s book sheds rose-tinted light on the decade