Book review – biography
How Klaus Fuchs’s treachery may have averted Armageddon
Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History by Frank Close reviewed
Was there no end to John Buchan’s talents?
Beyond The Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan by Ursula Buchan reviewed
Vasily Grossman: eyewitness to the 20th century’s worst atrocities
Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century by Alexandra Popoff reviewed
For Marie Colvin, mortal danger was what made life worth living
In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum reviewed
Kenneth Grahame: another boy who wouldn’t grow up
Eternal Boy: The Life of Kenneth Grahame by Matthew Dennison reviewed
The ‘other’ life of Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death by Lillian Faderman reviewed
Jimmy Page is a Capricorn – that says it all
Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography by Chris Salewicz reviewed
Ménage à quatre with Robert Graves
Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-Bye to All That, 1895–1929 by Jean Moorcroft Wilson reviewed
Bruce Lee: weird, gruesome and oh-so-cool
From his early street fights to his friendship with Steve McQueen, from his cha-cha to his one-inch punch, Bruce Lee was made to be Bruce Lee.
You didn’t have to be mad to work for Tommy Nutter — but it helped
How an eccentric tailor took over Savile Row in the late 60s.
From persecutor to preacher: the journey of St Paul
Saint Paul is unique among those who have changed the course of history — responsible not just for one but…
How a 14th-century Arab thinker influenced Ronald Reagan
At a press conference in October 1981, Ronald Reagan quoted Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) in support of what is known…
