Peru
The mystery of Werner Herzog
The film director treats us to a dervish dance of anecdotes but still keeps his real life secret, says Peter Bradshaw
A show of ample and eerie majesty: British Museum's Peru: A Journey in Time reviewed
Growing up on a farm outside Lima, I was aware that indigenous Peruvians did not understand time in the same…
Only Iain Sinclair could glimpse Hackney in the wilds of Peru
It seemed like a preposterous proposition. For decades, Iain Sinclair has been an assiduous psychogeographer of London, an eldritch cartographer…
How long can Peru's new socialist leader last?
The symbolism could hardly have been clearer when Pedro Castillo was sworn in yesterday as Peru’s new President on the country’s 200th anniversary…
Sacrificing to the false god of gold
Deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest sits a desolate zone, stretching for miles and pockmarked with chemical-tainted water that glistens orange…
Not nearly as good as the book: Bel Canto reviewed
Bel Canto is an adaptation of the Ann Patchett novel first published in 2001, which I remembered as being brilliant…
Joan Collins: The celebrity trend I just can’t stand
Not only are today’s young girls having to work hard on their abs, butts and glutes, now the likes of…
Whose hair are you buying?
British people buy £43 million worth of human hair a year. So who’s selling?
Social comedy Peruvian-style
Mario Vargas Llosa likes to counterpoint his darker novels with rosier themes: after the savagery of The Green House came…
Peru's Indians are repressed with more efficiency than blacks ever were in South Africa
In The Spectator of 21 March a column by Toby Young caught my eye. Discussing the pros and cons of…
