January 2022 (1)

• Article: For want of a motive for the book thief, let’s run through some possibilities

December 2021 (1)

• Review: The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes by Zoë Playdon review

November 2021 (1)

• Review: Patient 1 by Charlotte Raven review

June 2016 (1)

• Article: Bruno and the Referendum

May 2016 (2)

• S. J. Parris News: TV Deal for Bruno Series!
• Review: The Mandibles: A Family 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver

April 2016 (1)

• Article: Curtis Sittenfeld: ‘It was like the force of Austen’s language was irresistible’

March 2016 (2)

• Review: Maestra by LS Hilton review – many shades of shocking
• Review: At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier – review

February 2016 (2)

• S. J. Parris News: S.J.Parris Guardian Masterclass on Plotting
• Article: The perils of writing about sex: 'Your partner will think it's about them. Or – even worse – someone else'

January 2016 (1)

• Review: Yuki chan in Brontë Country by Mick Jackson review – frustrating amateur detective story

November 2015 (4)

• S. J. Parris News: Treachery selected for World Book Night
• S. J. Parris News: Giordano Bruno will return in Conspiracy
• Review: Katherine Carlyle by Rupert Thomson - resists easy categories
• Review: The Crossing by Andrew Miller - mesmeric but infuriating

October 2015 (3)

• Review: Dictator by Robert Harris - a remarkable literary achievement
• Article: Miles Jupp: ‘I’d love to play a Bond villain’
• Review: The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson - The Winter’s Tale retold

September 2015 (1)

• Review: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood - madcap life-swapping dystopia

August 2015 (5)

• Review: Stewart Lee: A Room With a Stew - a tongue-in-cheek comic on top of his game
• Review: Edinburgh festival 2015 comedy - heckling iPods, improv ballads and feminist rap
• Article: Felicity Ward: ‘As soon as I mention the word anxiety, the audience go quiet’
• Article: Nina Conti: ‘I’m hoping people will sit in the front row if they’re feeling brave’
• Review: Edinburgh festival 2015 comedy - Lolly Adefope, Aisling Bea and Joseph Morpurgo among the highlights

July 2015 (1)

• Review: Mislaid & The Wallcreeper by Nell Zink - audacious and shockingly funny

June 2015 (2)

• Article: Is the pram in the hall still the enemy of good art?
• Article: So-called ‘Viagra for women’ leaves me cold

May 2015 (3)

• Review: The Infidel Stain - MJ Carter’s smartly plotted murder mystery
• Review: Sophie and the Sibil - George Eliot’s later life reimagined
• Review: A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson - her finest work

April 2015 (1)

• Article: Holly Walsh: ‘Britain’s the best place in the world to do comedy’

March 2015 (3)

• Review: The Kindness - Polly Samson’s sensuous tale of family tragedy
• Article: Patrick Gale: ‘There was a mythology about
• Article: I hope dancing Dermot O’Leary felt the love amid the pain

February 2015 (6)

• Review: Kim Noble: You’re Not Alone - a dark and often troubling performance
• Review: Vanessa and Her Sister - Bloomsbury reimagined
• Review: We Are Pirates - madcap sitcom with a dark twist
• Article: Myleene Klass is right – children’s parties are a social minefield
• Article: Colleen McCullough’s obituary shows looks aren’t everything. Unless you’re a woman
• Article: William Nicholson: ‘In Hollywood, people push you to produce work you didn’t know you had in you’

January 2015 (1)

• Review: The Offering – the gifted Grace McCleen addresses memory and religion

December 2014 (1)

• Review: Rising stars of 2015: comedian Jenny Bede

November 2014 (7)

• Article: I don’t want to lecture you… but do tune in to Reith
• Review: An Evening with Noel Fielding – enjoyable silliness
• Article: Lee Evans: sweaty, knotty tour de force
• Article: Dapper Laughs: vile, humourless misogyny? It’s banter, innit?
• Article: Climate change play 2071 aims to make data dramatic
• Review: Lamentation by CJ Sansom – a new chapter for Shardlake
• S. J. Parris News: Treachery reviewed by The Observer

October 2014 (6)

• Article: The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber – the story of Jesus goes intergalactic
• Article: CJ Sansom: a bestselling mix of Tudor history and mystery
• Article: Sara Pascoe: ‘Female sexuality is an active thing’
• Article: Jihadis are terrorists. Don’t charge them with treason
• Review: Books to Die For – passionate advocacy for gems of crime fiction
• Review: John Kearns review – too much shtick, too little substance

August 2014 (7)

• Article: Tana French: 'I've always been interested in the intensity of friendship and the dangers that come with that'
• Review: Edinburgh festival 2014: Paxo – quickfire sarcasm, passion and a natural comic touch
• Article: White Rabbit, Red Rabbit: how it felt to perform Nassim Soleimanpour's theatrical experiment
• Review: Edinburgh 2014 comedy – what you have to do for a laugh these days
• Review: Edinburgh 2014 comedy – the funny thing about feminism
• Review: The Storms of War – Kate Williams's vivid portrait of Edwardian class war
• Review: Edinburgh festival 2014 comedy – from a young Mary Berry to liberal smugness

July 2014 (3)

• Article: Tom Basden: finding the funny in the 'prison of your personality'
• Review: In Love and War – Alex Preston's affecting third novel
• Review: Monty Python Live (Mostly) – Parrot fashion and no bad thing for that

June 2014 (3)

• Review: Mr Mercedes – Stephen King's everyday killer of recession-hit America
• Article: D-Day veteran escape: why we all love this tale of defiance
• Review: Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It – feminist standup with its pants down

May 2014 (3)

• Article: Talking therapies are better than pills, but you have to find the right one
• Review: The Snow Queen – Michael Cunningham's poetic meditation on life and death
• Review: Black Rainbow – poetry in a moving account of depression

March 2014 (7)

• Review: You Should Have Known – a witty domestic suspense novel
• Article: How true should historical fiction be?
• Review: What Was Promised – 'Tobias Hill's White Teeth'
• Article: The mystery of MH370 goes to the heart of our fears
• Review: Miranda Hart: My, What I Call Live Show – 'a triumph of old-school entertainment'
• Review: Falling into the Fire – a psychiatrist's impressive study of mental health
• Review: Tim Key: Single White Slut – master of bathos

February 2014 (3)

• Review: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
• Review: Miles Jupp is the Chap You're Thinking Of
• Article: Was JK Rowling right to admit she was wrong about Ron and Hermione?

January 2014 (3)

• Article: Meet the author MJ Carter on historical fiction: 'It was brilliant to make stuff up!'
• Review: The Lie by Helen Dunmore
• Article: Rising stars of 2014 – stage