What Does it Mean to be Truly Good?
Reflections on reading Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory. Does the degree to which our motivations are intrinsic affect the morality of our actions?
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – by John le Carré
A review of one of le Carré’s most famous novels where George Smiley is on the hunt for a mole in the circus
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World Without End by Ken Follett
Set in the 14th century in the town of Kingsbridge, World Without End is full of stories of conflict, romance, and revenge.
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The Pillars of the Earth – by Ken Follett
The monarchy has changed a lot in the past 1000 years or so, though some things about it have remained – incredibly – much the same. It was only recently…
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Changing Minds: The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr
Stories have been told and retold for millennia. They have comforted those in grief; motivated those who are down; and inspired all manner of acts of kindness, jealousy, hatred, love,…
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Talking to Our Selves: Serpentine by Philip Pullman
This is a short story set in the cold, Northern stretches of the world of Pullman’s creation – one much like ours in many ways, but also different. Notably, one…
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The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
A review of John le Carré’s The Constant Gardener.
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Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Farenheit 451 is a very interesting dystopian novel. It reminds me of 1984 in the way it looks critically at society. Given that this novel was published in 1953, it…
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A Perfect Spy by John le Carré
This is my third John le Carré novel, but perhaps it should have been the first I read. This is the most autobiographical of le Carré’s works, in which he…
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The Breach
Hampstead theatre is cosy; its stage slanting downwards towards the audience, grey and completely empty. The lights go out and darkness descends. Suddenly, the stage is illuminated, and we jump…
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Agent Running in the Field by John Le Carré
Really good book, yeah. That’s probably how Ed would describe it. Mirroring the structure of its plot, on the surface this book appears to be one thing (a spy novel),…
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The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
** This review contains spoilers ** Pullman is back with the second installment of the Book of Dust. The style of writing, and the content, seem very different from the…
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A Delicate Truth by John le Carré
** This review contains spoilers ** I hadn’t read any of John Le Carre’s books before. I actually listened to this as an audiobook read by the author himself. He…
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Lyra’s Oxford by Philip Pullman
Good little addition to the original trilogy. It fits neatly between the last book (Amber Spyglass) and the second book of the “equel”, as Pullman has described the Book of…
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Translations – Mythical Ireland speaks the Common Tongue
Nothing is lost, but is easy to lose yourself, in this fierce production of a play that looks at the value of a language 5 stars Director Ian Rickson’s new…
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Charges of Geresy 