Books

Notes From the Velvet Underground: The Life of Lou Reed

So much rougher than velvet

Review: Red Rosa

A revolutionary ahead of her time

Blind man with sharp vision

Stoddard Martin is impressed by a fictional foray into classical territory.

Three unlikeable characters, many irresistible twists

Jennifer Lipman likes a thrilling threesome

Spectacular example of a killing in the name of God

Ahron Bregman reflects on a man who murdered peace

The indispensable idealist

Vernon Bogdanor enjoys the first slice of a big biography.

The book reviews review 2015

Critical mass: another year of rich and varied literary pickings reveals a range of responses from JC reviewers from (frequently) delight to (occasionally) disappointment, but always constructive

Secret knowledge of Dead Sea Zodiacs

No more apprentices. The robots are coming for your jobs...