So, to quote Sir Edmund Hillary after he had reached the summit of Everest, I “have knocked the bastard off”.In my case, the Herculean achievement in question is to have finally read War and ...
Aijaz Ahmad belonged to a generation of South Asian left intellectuals who came of age in the heyday of anti-colonial ...

Reading Is a Vice

Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and ...
For me, 'La grazia' by Paolo Sorrentino is a masterpiece, one of the best films by the Neapolitan director. Addressing the ...
Genius is a lightning bolt. Very few of the slings and arrows that we will inevitably suffer could ever be fashioned into ...
Across some of the year's most acclaimed films, women made private struggles with mental health a little more universal.
According to her website, Whelan has narrated over 700 books throughout her career. Author Taylor Jenkins Reid has called her ...
According to readers, the most disturbing type of thriller book isn't heavy handed. Instead, it keeps you guessing, sure to ...