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Literature
Let’s be honest, The Secret Painter could have been absolutely terrible
Erica, claiming to be the architect’s daughter, joined the British couple for the night
Gliff is a different sort of project, but still one which reveals a desire to comment on contemporary culture
Despite the gap of time, the pages of the 1897 novella read fluently
It is difficult to think of any area of modern life which is not anticipated in Faust
The two oldest senses are found less in newspapers than in books
Open Socrates — quite the most gripping new philosophical book I’ve read in years — teems with insights into our world
The character was in effect Hergé’s alter ego, reflecting his intense interest in news and contemporary affairs
The green walls of my bedroom would fade away and we became other people in faraway worlds
Brian Vickers aims to ‘restore’ Kyd to greatness — but claiming too much on too little evidence does the playwright no favors
