The books the Nazis didn’t burn
For one who has, since boyhood, regarded the secondhand bookshop as a paradise of total immersion, it is quite shocking…
From Balzac to the Beatles
All biography is both an act of homage and a labour of dissection, and all biographers are jealous of their…
Nazis and narcotics
Norman Ohler is rather hard on the Nazis, for compared to what our little group got up to in the…
A masterpiece of mesmerising beauty
In the beginning was Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, pleached and Proustian, released in February 1960. This was followed soon after,…
What’s to become of Pedro Friedeberg’s letters?
The year 2015 has been designated one of Anglo-Mexican amity, with celebrations planned in both countries by both governments. But…
What’s to become of Pedro Friedeberg’s letters?
The year 2015 has been designated one of Anglo-Mexican amity, with celebrations planned in both countries by both governments. But…
