http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/christopher_bray en http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/06/antonio-melechi-mind-victorian http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/06/antonio-melechi-mind-victorian Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:43:01 GMT Christopher Bray Servants of the Supernatural: the Night Side of the Victorian Mind Antonio Melechi William Heinemann, 304pp, £20

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/11/picasso-volume-richardson-life http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/11/picasso-volume-richardson-life Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT Christopher Bray A Life of Picasso: Volume III - the Triumphant Years (1917-1932) John Richardson Jonathan Cape, 608pp, £30

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/10/garnett-british-apathy-1975 http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/10/garnett-british-apathy-1975 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT Christopher Bray From Anger to Apathy: the British Experience since 1975 Mark Garnett Jonathan Cape, 420pp, £20

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/09/frank-sinatra-singing-sounds http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/09/frank-sinatra-singing-sounds Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT Christopher Bray Frank Sinatra's singing sounds perfectly effortless - but three biographies reveal the hard work and ingenuity behind his everyman image

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/09/end-games-dibdin-zen-italy http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/09/end-games-dibdin-zen-italy Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT Christopher Bray End Games Michael Dibdin Faber & Faber, 356pp, £12.99

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/08/ruth-rendell-whodunnit-britain http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/08/ruth-rendell-whodunnit-britain Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT Christopher Bray The most important chronicler of modern Britain is not Amis or McEwan, argues Christopher Bray, but the mistress of the whodunnit - Ruth Rendell

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/06/nuclear-langewiesche-bazaar http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/06/nuclear-langewiesche-bazaar Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT Christopher Bray The Atomic Bazaar: the Rise of the Nuclear Poor William Langewiesche Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 192pp, £20

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2007/06/dali-found-cinema-film-images http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2007/06/dali-found-cinema-film-images Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT Christopher Bray In cinema, Salvador Dalí found the ideal medium for exploring the sleeping mind

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/film/2007/06/jan-svankmajer-lunacy-gruesome http://www.newstatesman.com/film/2007/06/jan-svankmajer-lunacy-gruesome Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT Christopher Bray This gruesome black comedy will definitely put you off your dinner Lunacy (18) dir: Jan Svankmajer Paradise Lost (18) dir: John Stockwell

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/05/austerity-britain-kynaston http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/05/austerity-britain-kynaston Mon, 28 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT Christopher Bray Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 David Kynaston
Bloomsbury, 704pp, £25 ISBN 0747579857

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