Little Bird, Big Book

27 November 2013 London Donna Tartt’s first novel in nearly a decade, The Goldfinch, is a breathlessly emotional coming-of-age tale of an … More

GayBros: Friends or Foes?

3 April 2013 London Gaybros, a new online gay community group for gays who like “guy stuff”, has raised eyebrows … More

5 January 2013 London Complicite’s dazzling production of Bulgakov’s novel The Master & Margarita was one of my top two … More

4 January 2012 London My first theatre show of 2013, and damn, it was a goodun – Fiona Shaw incanting … More

3 January 2013 London Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy changed my life. But the first part of … More

1 August 2012 London My tribute to the giant of American letters, stately homo and provocateur Gore Vidal, who died this week. … More

1 July 2012 London The best show in London – or anywhere else, period. My review of Gatz, the extraordinary … More

13 May 2012 London For Mother’s Day, I re-read Angelica Garnett’s hatchet job on her mother Vanessa Bell, in her … More

29 March 2012 London My tribute to the great American poet and feminist Adrienne Rich, who died this week. Amid … More

19 August 2011 St Ives, Cornwall In which I yawn my way through One Day by David Nicholls, this summer’s It-Novel. … More