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Mr Malcolm’s List Film review: A beautifully acted comedy of errors

Freida Pinto shines in small budget adaptation of American writer Suzanne Allain’s 2009 self-published novel

By Linda Marric

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Mr Malcolm’s List Film review: A beautifully acted comedy of errors

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Obituary: A.B. Yehoshua

By Gloria Tessler

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Licoricia of Winchester Book review: A fascinating look at the richest woman in medieval England

By Mark Glanville

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Come to this Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends Book review: On the trail of the mysterious Boris

By Daniel Snowman

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Terrorism

Jews fear copycat attacks in wake of Salman Rushdie's stabbing

By Felix Pope

4 min read

Books

Children's books review: Combat, chaos and comedy in David Solomons’s new offering plus a pasta cat from Michael Rosen

By Angela Kiverstein

1 min read

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Deceit book review: Intriguing introduction to the work of largely forgotten Russian emigre Yuri Felsen

By Mark Glanville

2 min read

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Book review: Saving Freud - Friends who saved the reluctant refugee

Father of psychoanalysis comes alive again in this book through the eyes of people who cared deeply that he should survive

By Stephen Frosh

2 min read

August 5, 2022 14:48

circa 1935: Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939) the neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. (Photo by Hans Casparius/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Book review: The Incandescent Threads - Mystic hokum or a popular classic?

The latest in author's Sephardic Cycle begins begins by portraying the relationship between a Jewish-American artist and his father, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw

By David Herman

1 min read

August 5, 2022 14:48

Book review: The Incandescent Threads - Mystic hokum or a popular classic?

By Emma Shevah

Why don't men read books by women?

We read to learn of the life experiences of others, which increases our empathy and understanding: why wouldn’t we try to understand the experiences of half of the world’s population?

3 min read

August 4, 2022 10:59

Inspired by my namesake who died in the Holocaust

A family tragedy, and a strange coincidence sparked Melanie Levensohn’s creativity

By Joy Sable

5 min read

August 4, 2022 09:46

Inspired by my namesake who died in the Holocaust

Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley book review - Claim to enduring fame is just wishful thinking

Self-indulgent romantic satire leaves you feeling disappointed

By Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

July 28, 2022 14:58

Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley book review - Claim to enduring fame is just wishful thinking

Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control book review - We have ways of making you believe what we want

A fascinating and chilling history of mind manipulation

By Robert Low

2 min read

July 28, 2022 14:52

Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control book review - We have ways of making you believe what we want

Hope is a Woman’s Name by Amal Elsana Alh’Jooj book review: A feminist’s battle for peace

This autobiography by the Israeli-born human rights activist powerfully conveys the inner life fuelling her achievements

By Amanda Hopkinson

1 min read

July 21, 2022 14:42

Hope is a Woman’s Name by Amal Elsana Alh’Jooj book review: A feminist’s battle for peace

Old Truths and New Clichés book review: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer - The universal mamaloshen

The essays in this volume may not match Singer’s fiction at its best, but they provide an invaluable supplement to our understanding of this extraordinary writer’s vision

By Alun David

2 min read

July 21, 2022 14:37

Old Truths and New Clichés book review: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer - The universal mamaloshen

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time film review - A thrilling account of a man who stood for more than many give him credit

Curb your Enthusiasm director Robert B. Weide spent four decades of his life attempting to make a documentary about his friend and mentor. That film is finally being released, and not a second too soon.

By Linda Marric

1 min read

July 21, 2022 14:28

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time film review - A thrilling account of a man who stood for more than many give him credit

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Mr Malcolm’s List Film review: A beautifully acted comedy of errors

Obituary: A.B. Yehoshua

Licoricia of Winchester Book review: A fascinating look at the richest woman in medieval England

Come to this Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends Book review: On the trail of the mysterious Boris

Jews fear copycat attacks in wake of Salman Rushdie's stabbing

Children's books review: Combat, chaos and comedy in David Solomons’s new offering plus a pasta cat from Michael Rosen

Deceit book review: Intriguing introduction to the work of largely forgotten Russian emigre Yuri Felsen

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