Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles: The Power of the Reader’s Mind Over a Universe of Death by Harold Bloom reviewed
By Philip Hensher
The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910 by Stephen Johnson reviewed
By Philip Hensher
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross reviewed
By Philip Hensher
The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag by Peter Burke reviewed
By Philip Hensher
The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us About the Language of Science by
By Philip Hensher
Philip Hensher chooses some of his favorite authors, including Chekhov, V.S. Pritchett, Alice Munro and Italo Calvino
By Philip Hensher
Think, Write, Speak: Uncollected Essays, Reviews, Interviews and Letters to the Editor by Vladimir Nabokov reviewed
By Philip Hensher
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Three: Herself Alone by Charles Moore reviewed
By Philip Hensher
The Cockroach by Ian McEwan reviewed
By Philip Hensher
Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser reviewed
By Philip Hensher
Mr Five Per Cent: The Many Lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the World’s Richest Man by Jonathan Conlin reviewed
By Philip Hensher
Hesse: The Wanderer and His Shadow by Gunnar Decker reviewed
By Philip Hensher
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time by Hilary Spurling reviewed
By Philip Hensher
What’s Your Type? The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing reviewed
By Philip Hensher
