Reviewed in short: New books from Victor Sebestyen, Susan Jonusas, Howard Jacobson and Keiran Goddard
Budapest by Sebestyen, Hell’s Half Acre by Jonusas, Mother’s Boy by Jacobson and Hourglass by Goddard.
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Michael Prodger is associate editor at the New Statesman.
Budapest by Sebestyen, Hell’s Half Acre by Jonusas, Mother’s Boy by Jacobson and Hourglass by Goddard.
By Alix Kroeger, Gavin Jacobson, Michael Prodger and Pippa BaileyHis Name is George Floyd by Samuels and Olorunnipa, Held in Contempt by White, Finding Me by Davis and…
By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio, Anoosh Chakelian, Christiana Bishop and Michael ProdgerIn a new exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery the artist’s unsettling work speaks to the pain of the human…
By Michael ProdgerBlack Ghost of Empire by Manjapra, Bear Woman by Ramqvist, Deep Deception by Alison, Belinda, Helen Steel, Lisa and…
By Michael Prodger, Lola Seaton, Zoë Grünewald and Anna LeszkiewiczA new exhibition of the artist’s work at the Tate Britain reveals her skill at turning mundanity into profundity.
By Michael ProdgerThe 17th-century Dutch artist was the first professional painter to record the New World – and the view was…
By Michael ProdgerOn Agoraphobia by Caveney, España: A Brief History of Spain by Tremlett, Bold Ventures by Van den Broeck and…
By Sophie McBain, Jeremy Cliffe, Michael Prodger and Gavin JacobsonThe Poseidon Project by Bosco, Portable Magic by Smith, Edith and Kim by Philby and Border Zone by Agard.
By India Bourke, Ellys Woodhouse, Michael Prodger and Matthew GilleyThe mid-century artist rejected London glamour for her husband RS Thomas and the hillsides of their beloved Wales.
By Michael Prodger