People
Reviews of biographies, autobiographies, correspondence, memoirs, and other ‘life writing’.
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Book review: ‘Under the Sun: the letters of Bruce Chatwin’
The correspondence of an unusual and gifted writer.
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Book review: ‘Jesus Christ Kinski’ by Benjamin Myers
A novel about a film about a performance about Jesus.
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Book review: ‘The Red Tenda of Bologna’ by John Berger
A short memoir-cum-essay on the city of Bologna and an enigmatic uncle.
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Book review: ‘Bibliomaniac’ by Robin Ince
Writer and comedian tours 104 bookshops, buying far too many books as he does so.
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Book review: ‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore
A grand vision brought down by commercial interests.
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Book review: ‘In the Dark Room’ by Brian Dillon
A memoir on memory, loss, heirlooms, places, photographs and other remnants.
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Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, volume 5’
A final volume of diaries, covering a momentous time in British and European history.
