London Review of Books

'Gavin, Gavin, we love you!'

"Newsoms, he knew, were supposed to be illustrious."

An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

My Hands in My Face: Ocean Vuong’s Failure

I groaned​ my way through The Emperor of Gladness. I writhed. I felt real despair every time I forced myself to open...

John Lanchester · You Are the Product: It Zucks!

I am scared of Facebook. The company’s ambition, its ruthlessness, and its lack of a moral compass scare me...

The Killing of Osama bin Laden

Would bin Laden, target of a massive international manhunt, really decide that a resort town forty miles from Islamabad...

Watch this man: Niall Ferguson’s Burden

He sounds like the Europeans described by V.S. Naipaul – the grandson of indentured labourers – in A Bend in the...