May 18, 2013 Self Portrait demonstrates Sir Roy Strong can still attract an audience.

May 18, 2013 A rape trial opens the exploration of a dark and often under-reported side of professional sport.

May 18, 2013 Penny Olsen has revealed some absorbing scientific and social history.

May 18, 2013 Many sessions at the Emerging Writers' Festival are devoted to making a better writing life.

May 18, 2013 The first pages of this novel are disconcerting. It opens with a mystery, and the cruel experiences of Ivan, ''the last of the Vostyachs'', as he stumbles out of a gulag into the forest of the Arctic Circle.

May 18, 2013 Michael Sandel rails against the reign of economic rationalism, writes Kelsey Munro.

May 18, 2013 From her own books to seeking author equality, Kate Mosse has a flair for drama.

May 18, 2013 The End: The Human Experience of Death is enlightening, in the best possible way, about something that is such a fundamental part of life, most of us choose to avoid dwelling on it. An accomplished science journalist, Bianca Nogrady has covered every base in her investigation of the phenomena of death - philosophy, medicine, science, ethics and culture. Her starting point, in each of these areas, is the assumption that the more we know about death - the more we understand the mechanics of our own obsolescence - the less we have to fear from it.

May 18, 2013 Amit Chaudhuri's collection of essays is suffused by romanticism.

May 18, 2013 This is very much a book of interiors, both literal and metaphoric.