Topic: John Berger
THIS month, and not before time, the BBC has issued on DVD the single greatest achievement in the history of television. Kenneth Clark's 13-part survey of Western art, Civilisation, was originally screened in 1969, to an acclaim that has been amplified ...
For the purposes of this Booker Club, Tuesday's announcement of the shortlist couldn't have gone better. I'm personally disappointed that my favourite read so far – John Berger's From A To X – didn ...
Van Gogh's rise to posthumous glory is unsurpassable but, in scale and strangeness, the story of Miroslav Tichý's triumph takes some beating. And, unlike Van Gogh, he is around to enjoy it - sort of. Tich&amp ...
He is a winner of the Booker and the Booker of Bookers and now he is the bookie's favourite to be a double Booker after Salman Rushdie was yesterday named in the prize's longlist for The Enchantress of Florence.Rushdie ...
Five first novels are in the running for this year's Man Booker prize, making it onto a longlist that has passed over many big names in favour of an eclectic selection encompassing small presses, humour and thrillers. Salman Rushdie (The Enchantress ...
