Book Review: If Venice Dies
/The tourist magnet of Venice faces an uncertain future on many fronts - but Salvatore Settis has many possible solutions in mind ...
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
/Michael Nyman's rare and underappreciated chamber opera, based on a book by Oliver Sacks, finally gets a rare new recording.
Read MoreBook Review: Where Song Began
/The overflowing diversity of Australian bird life is the subject of Tim Low's captivating new book
Read MoreBook Review: Why Birds Matter
/Who can measure the worth of a nightingale's song? Why scientists can, you silly thing!
Read MoreBook Review: Red Right Hand
/A young woman's life is turned upside-down when she encounters a strange man with a molten red hand.
Read MoreBook Review: Red Right Hand
/The hitman who kills hitmen is contracted by a semi-rogue FBI agent to take on a particularly delicate - and dangerous - side-mission
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Ustvolskaya, Silverstrov, Kancheli
/The late Soviet system created damaging monopolies in the arts as much as they did in state industry. The three lesser-known composers in this intriguing album each tackled the hegemony from a different aspect.
Read MoreLight Puppets
/In Moonstone, Icelandic author Sjón tells a story of 1918 Iceland through the longings and alienation of a sixteen-year-old orphan named Mani. Robert Minto reviews.
Read MoreShow Queens
/Two new books - a biography of one of Broadway's brightest stars and a memoir from one of its lesser lights - bring the world of American stage and screen vividly to life.
Read MoreSingle Occupancy, Lots of Sunlight, Water Included
/For a century, humans have been searching for any sign of extraterrestrial life, intelligent or otherwise. A new book tells the story of that quest - and keeps its geeky hope alive.
Read MoreMore sayable than you think
/Carolin Emcke, a German social critic, continues the debate: does the holocaust demand silence? Andrew Brower Latz reviews.
Read MorePoetry: Music
/a poem
Read MoreIrritated by the Noise of Kathmandu
/The stories in debut author Alexander Weinstein's collection portray a near-future world of intrusive personal techology - a world that every day resembles our own a bit more. Dalton Gentry reviews.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “Fear is the parent of cruelty”
/The French countryside, the death-camp of Auschwitz, and a mansion in County Cork - a trio of new mystery-thrillers takes readers on exotic ventures in search of justice - or payback.
Read MoreBook Review: ADHD Nation
/A hard-hitting new book exposes the widespread misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Read MoreBook Review: August 1914
/Before the famous epic battles of the First World War, there were lesser-known but equally ferocious clashes that are often lost in the larger narrative. A short, powerful book seeks to redress that imbalance.
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Week - Elgar Remastered
/The last decade and a half of Elgar's musical life was focused on leaving a legacy in the form of composer-approved recordings. A remastered 4-CD set collects the brilliant results.
Read MoreBook Review: The World of Poldark
/The companion book to the 2015 production of "Poldark" turns out to be more than just a pretty face
Read MoreBook Review: Angelinetum and Other Poems
/Doctor and poet Giovanni Marrasio's verses receive an expert new edition from the Harvard's I Tatti Library series
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