Quirke

Is BBC1’s Quirke bravely unhurried – or too slow?

7 June 2014 9:00 am

The work of John Banville — Booker-winning novelist and impeccably high-minded literary critic — might seem an unlikely source for…

Uncovering a Royal treasure trove

7 June 2014 9:00 am

It’s rare for the public to be given access to the Royal Archives. They are housed in the forbidding Round…

Holy Orders, by Benjamin Black - review

10 August 2013 9:00 am

It’s always a little disconcerting for the rest of us when literary novelists turn to crime. Have they become different…