Book Review Podcast: The Real ‘Downton Abbey’ and a Feminism of Elizabeth Taylor

ArtsBeat is a Web site devoted to culture news and reviews, and to the work and interests of the reporters and critics of The Times’s culture department and the Book Review. Come here for breaking stories about the arts, coverage of live events, interviews with leading cultural figures, critical reviews, ....Click here to continue reading

Book Review: The Dickens Dictionary By John Sutherland

This whole Dickens 200th anniversary thing is starting to feel a little over-saturated — to the extent that every review of a new Dickensian adaptation, or book, or film, or exhibition or mobile app is obliged to observe how over-saturated this whole Dickens thing is. Step forward John Sutherland whose crackling ....Click here to continue reading

Book Review: "The Toilette Papers: The #1 Number 2 Book" by Sha Stimuli

"'The Toilet Papers' seems to mimic Stimuli(TM)s actual rhyme writing style. His music is notoriously self-aware - often dissecting precisely why, in his opinion, his career has yet to hit mainstream." ....Click here to continue reading