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There will be blood

Kevin Jackson — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:35:41 GMT

The immense success of Twilight, both the book and film, proves the vampire genre is still as potent as ever. How did Dracula and his brethren become such important modern myths and staples of popular culture?

Being earnest

Kevin Jackson — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:58:05 GMT

Reborn: Early Diaries (1947-1964) Susan Sontag Hamish Hamilton, 336pp, �16.99

My chemical romance

Kevin Jackson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:29:41 GMT

The Age of Wonder Richard Holmes HarperPress, 386pp, �25

Endless curiosity

Kevin Jackson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:29:43 GMT

W H Auden: Prose, Volume III (1949-1955) Edited by Edward Mendelson Faber & Faber, 779pp, �40

How comics grew up (and so did I)

Kevin Jackson — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT

They were once deplored by parents and teachers as moronic, trashy and culpably American. Today superhero comics are considered a serious art form.

Saint or charlatan?

Kevin Jackson — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT

In the 1920s Marcus Garvey rose from obscurity to become the most famous black man on the planet. So why has the memory of this titanic figure faded?

Grand designs

Kevin Jackson — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT

The visionary architect Joseph Gandy was hailed as a genius during his lifetime, but he failed to attract patrons and few of his schemes were ever realised. If they had been, writes Kevin Jackson, London might look rather different today