Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn audiobook review – Cumberbatch revels in caustic wit
The Sherlock actor breathes life into the intertwined narratives of a group of thirtysomething professionals, spiked with flashes of caustic wit
March 2021
Book of the week
Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn review – in pursuit of knowledge
Edward St Aubyn: 'I never read things about myself because I’m so easily crushed'
British Jews have always been self-effacing, but we’re starting to show our chutzpah
Hadley Freeman
Double Blind by Edward St Aubyn review – high jinks in high finance
February 2020
Book clinic
Book clinic: what can I read after work instead of watching TV?
From Jane Austen to medical memoirs, books that will help leave thoughts of the office behind
November 2019
Hadley Freeman's Weekend column
The critical drubbing for Will Self’s book shows there’s a subtle art to memoir
Hadley Freeman
A common flaw is forgetting you’re supposed to be writing for the reader’s pleasure, not yours
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best books of the 21st century
Dazzling debut novels, searing polemics, the history of humanity and trailblazing memoirs ... Read our pick of the best books since 2000
January 2019
Further reading
From Cinderella to Patrick Melrose: the best books about new beginnings
Tales that show we can start afresh are what we need at this time of year – so Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun, shares her favourites
December 2018
2018 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 4 – Patrick Melrose
David Nicholls turned Edward St Aubyn’s books into a heart-wrenching account of abuse and addiction, carried by a majestic Benedict Cumberbatch
October 2018
Kate Atkinson calls authors reviewing their peers a 'callous art'
British novelist who recently published latest book Transcription says she tries not to read bad reviews
September 2018
Top 10s
Top 10 real-life monsters in fiction
Bringing the very worst humans – from Joseph Stalin to Idi Amin – to life in novels is a tough call. But it can be done well, if you can bear to read
June 2018
In brief: The Shepherd’s Hut; Radical Help; Dunbar – reviews
Drawn from life: why have novelists stopped making things up?
May 2018
TV review
Patrick Melrose review – a brilliant portrayal of addiction
Hamlet on heroin: Edward St Aubyn on the 20-year struggle to get Patrick Melrose on screen
December 2017
The Guardian Books podcast
Edward St Aubyn's King Lear and the future of literary fiction - books podcast
The author explains how he reimagined Shakespeare’s thundering patriarch as a modern media baron in Dunbar, and we consider the plight of literary novelists
October 2017
Critical eye
Reviews roundup: The Butchering Art; Dunbar; After the Fire
Book of the day
Dunbar by Edward St Aubyn review – King Lear as model of a modern media mogul
September 2017
Book of the day
Dunbar by Edward St Aubyn review – had King Lear run a media empire …
Can Shakespeare’s blackest tragedy be made to say something new? Unseated in a boardroom coup, sent to a care home, a media mogul loses everything in this reimagining of King Lear from a master prose stylist
