Contributors
more- Christopher Andrew
- Roderick Bailey
- Jonathan Barnes
- Tim Blanning
- Frank Brinkley
- Helen Castor
- David Cesarani
- Rupert Christiansen
- Clare Clark
- Steven Connor
- Patricia Duncker
- John de Falbe
- David Gilmour
- John Gray
- Claire Harman
- Sudhir Hazareesingh
- Emma Hogan
- Andrew Hussey
- Robert Irwin
- Joanna Kavenna
- John Keay
- Mary Kenny
- Sam Leith
- Jeremy Lewis
- Jessica Mann
- Peter Marshall
- Jeffrey Meyers
- John Montague
- Harry Mount
- Richard Overy
- Lucy Popescu
- James Purdon
- Frederic Raphael
- Donald Sassoon
- Raymond Seitz
- Anne Somerset
- John Stubbs
- Jonathan Sumption
- John Sutherland
- John Sweeney
- Gillian Tindall
- Philip Womack
Sign Up to our newsletter
Receive free articles, highlights from the archive, news, details of prizes, and much more.@Lit_Review
Follow Literary Review on Twitter
Twitter Feed
Under its longest-serving editor, Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair was that rare thing – a New York society magazine that published serious journalism.
@PeterPeteryork looks at what Carter got right.
Peter York - Deluxe Editions
Peter York: Deluxe Editions - When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines by Graydon Carter
literaryreview.co.uk
Henry James returned to America in 1904 with three objectives: to see his brother William, to deliver a series of lectures on Balzac, and to gather material for a pair of books about modern America.
Peter Rose follows James out west.
Peter Rose - The Restless Analyst
Peter Rose: The Restless Analyst - Henry James Comes Home: Rediscovering America in the Gilded Age by Peter Brooks...
literaryreview.co.uk
Vladimir Putin served his apprenticeship in the KGB toward the end of the Cold War, a period during which Western societies were infiltrated by so-called 'illegals'.
Piers Brendon examines how the culture of Soviet spycraft shaped his thinking.
Piers Brendon - Tinker, Tailor, Sleeper, Troll
Piers Brendon: Tinker, Tailor, Sleeper, Troll - The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker
literaryreview.co.uk