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Out now! Literary Review's June 2026 issue, featuring
@petermoore on George Forster
@writerperkins on the Balfour family
@william_whyte on British dons
Ian Thomson on the fall of the USSR
John Mullan on Emily Brontë
and much, much more: literaryreview.co.uk
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Jun 11
In the middle decades of the 20th century, knowing the correct order to circulate fruit after dinner could qualify you to teach at Oxford.
@william_whyte wonders whether the decline of the dons has really been so terrible.
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Following its controversy-courting adaptation for the big screen, Wuthering Heights has found new fans - but we still know relatively little about its author.
John Mullan wonders how we can trace Emily Brontë’s life.
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In the June 2026 issue of @Lit_Review, I review Suzy Hansen’s From Life Itself. literaryreview.co.uk/when-th…
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out in @Lit_Review today with a little review of alvaro enrigue’s dizzying “now i surrender”
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The gorgeous June issue of @Lit_Review opens with @John__Phipps on Dante and closes with @WomackPhilip on Shakespeare’s neighbours. Lots of gems in between including @kayagenc in Istanbul, @Ian_Fraser on plastic, @wellflem on Ana Kinsella and so much more: literaryreview.co.uk
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My review of Pedro Carmona-Alvarez’s Chiquitita, arguably the most elegant and memorable novel to be named after an ABBA song, is published today by @Lit_Review. Read it here:
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Out now! Literary Review's June 2026 issue, featuring
@petermoore on George Forster
@writerperkins on the Balfour family
@william_whyte on British dons
Ian Thomson on the fall of the USSR
John Mullan on Emily Brontë
and much, much more: literaryreview.co.uk
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Those who work in private equity are serious about confidentiality, despite the often enormous consequences of their actions.
@Simon_Nixon searches for the weak points of this guarded industry.
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The greatest creation of Louise Bourgeois was herself, says @darwent_charles.
In this month's issue, he asks whether a clear picture of such a shape-shifting artist is possible.
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May 19
Delighted to see the first review of 'Coronations & Defenestrations' in @Lit_Review.
Many thanks to Anthony Teasdale for taking the time to review the book.
If you're a kind-hearted sort who commissions/writes book reviews, and would be interested in a copy, do let me know.
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Winston Churchill's devotion to the monarchy was fervent; he viewed the sovereign as the very fount of honour and majesty.
Piers Brendon investigates the theatrical nature of Churchill's loyalty to the crown.
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For years, the classical tradition has trained female musicians to do away with their vocal break, smoothing it over in the quest for an idealised tone.
@MarenMeinhardt explores the politics and ideas that have controlled the female voice.
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Dogs are everywhere in art, at the feet of scholars and St Jeromes, posing with their owners and striding through Paris.
What can we learn about ourselves, Kirsten Tambling wonders, from the ways we depict our animal companions?
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Happy May Day! What better way to spend the long weekend than reading the latest from @Lit_Review including @MarenMeinhardt on women in music, @michaelreid52 on Lula, @rix_harriet on trees, @jgriffiths on the Chinese internet and so much more: literaryreview.co.uk
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Out now! Literary Review's May 2026 issue, featuring
Ritchie Robertson on Weimar
@darwent_charles on Louise Bourgeois
John Guy on the Tudors
Kirsten Tambling on dogs in art
@Simon_Nixon on private equity
and much, much more: literaryreview.co.uk
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We were sorry to hear of the death of the legendary Desmond Morris (24 January 1928 – 19 April 2026).
In our recent interview with him, he spoke of a life spent collecting books, and of a library that ‘grew to fifteen thousand volumes’.
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From Alexandra’s lace and pearls to Elizabeth II’s technicolour tweeds, royal attire has long projected continuity and control. Wendy Holden finds the craftsmen behind it all.
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The Nuremberg Women: At the Trial that Brought the Nazis to Justice by Natalie Livingstone - review by Caroline Moorehead literaryreview.co.uk/crime-p… via @Lit_Review
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Here's my concise @Lit_Review piece on Ben Lerner's pretty fascinating new novel Transcription, with references to various other books and writers:
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