Philip Kerr

Articles by Philip Kerr

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French double bill

  • 15 September 2003

Film - Philip Kerr is bored by beautiful birds, but finds much to admire in a fat old madam

Toga wars. Who would have thought that a novel about a Roman plumber could be a pleasure to read? What a pity that the Booker jury did not have the guts to include at least one readable novel in its list. By Philip Kerr

  • 15 September 2003

Pompeii Robert Harris Hutchinson, 432pp, £17.99 ISBN 0091779251

The Hutton Files, starring Michael Barrymore, Rachel Weisz and Victor Meldrew

  • 08 September 2003

Philip Kerr takes a dramatist's eye to the Royal Courts of Justice

Roman tragedy

  • 08 September 2003

Film - Philip Kerr is driven to despair by an anodyne rip-off and its tween queen star

Dead ringers

  • 01 September 2003

Film retrospective - Philip Kerr on Charlie Chaplin and his shadow self - Adolf Hitler

Diary - Philip Kerr

  • 18 August 2003

I obtain a ticket for a front seat at the local corrida. My children almost choke on their beefburgers when I tell them I am intending to go to a bullfight

Child's play

  • 11 August 2003

Film - Philip Kerr thanks Walt Disney for helping him to survive the summer holidays

Loads of loot

  • 04 August 2003

Film - Philip Kerr confesses to enjoying Jerry Bruckheimer's latest swashbuckling romp

The big comeback

  • 28 July 2003

Film - Philip Kerr on the return of two implausible relics - Hulk and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Keep it real

  • 21 July 2003

Film - Philip Kerr on a cliched hymn to hip-hop and an outdated colonial romp

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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