History Boy History Boy
The narrator of Martin Amis's House of Meetings describes the collapse of his soul through forty years of Soviet history.
Jan 25, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Swift
Bad Will Hunting Bad Will Hunting
Two new books on Shakespeare examine his shadowy life, his times and the origins of his imagination. A third explores whether the Bard of Avon was, in fact, Edward de Vere.
Feb 28, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Swift
The Man Who Wasn’t There The Man Who Wasn’t There
Christopher Marlowe's life was short, sharp and irresistible.
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Swift
Justice Denied in Egypt Justice Denied in Egypt
Saad Eddin Ibrahim prepared a statement to close his trial in front of the Egyptian Supreme State Security Court, but the judge sentenced him before he had a chance to read it.
Aug 12, 2002 / Feature / Daniel Swift
Chelsea in Oxford Chelsea in Oxford
Chelsea Clinton bristles at the antiwar movement while she attends Oxford.
Dec 4, 2001 / Feature / Daniel Swift