Biographies

Read all the latest reviews from New Statesman writers of biographies and memoirs.

A new biography shows how he began life as a revolutionary and ended it hosting the Queen Mother.

By Tanya Gold

His life was blighted by poverty, but his poetry made exhilarating connections between sex, faith and death.

By Rowan Williams

Blake Morrison’s account of sibling tragedy passes its moral questions on to the reader.

By Pippa Bailey

In her memoir Love, Pamela the model and actress reveals that despite the trauma and abuse she still sees her…

By Anna Leszkiewicz

Also featuring Tomorrow Perhaps the Future by Sarah Watling and Away From Beloved Lover by Dee Peyok.

By Michael Prodger, Matthew Gilley, Zoë Grünewald and Chris Bourn

Also featuring Pegasus by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud and Sensational by Ashley Ward.

By Oscar Williams, Tom Gatti, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Michael Prodger

The problem with prime ministers’ autobiographies. Plus: self-indulgent podcasts, perfect pianos and the genius of Vermeer.

By Andrew Marr

The memoir appears to have beaten growing “Harry fatigue”.

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger