'Wilson’s target is less a straightforward biography than a sifting of Lawrence’s legacy for what remains urgent and alive, the aim being to shed its infernal baggage in search of an abiding paradise.'

@nemoloris on a new life of D H Lawrence.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/sex-was-a-mystery-to-him

'One of the gloomiest, most depressing and yet most gripping crime novels I have read in a long time.'

@NJCooper_crime reviews new books by @JaneCaseyAuthor, @FrankRGardner, @gregbuchanan, @AuthorSJBolton, @ajaychow, @adeleparks, @PGJonesVenice and more.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/may-2021-crime-round-up

'Catastrophe' as a category 'is too large and miscellaneous ... if there is a "correct" response to an earthquake, it is unlikely to have much in common with the "correct" response to an epidemic'.

Jonathan Sumption on Niall Ferguson's 'Doom'.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/prime-minister-versus-pathogen