Review: Roth Unbound by Claudia Roth Pierpont

This new biography of the great American author calls itself a study of the life of Roth's art and therefore of the art of his life. But who is it for exactly?

Tapas you like it | Review: Ember Yard, London

After the successes of Dehesa, Salt Yard and Opera Tavern, Ember Yard finds London's small plate supreme team at the top of their game and offering (wait for it, wait for it…) reservations

Review: The Humbling by Philip Roth

Neil Stewart laments the fact that an actor struck wordless isn't the dumbest thing about Philip Roth's 2009 novel

They shoot Sparklehorses, don’t they?

"Mark Linkous died twice. He overdosed on drugs in 1996, and was revivified only after his heart had stopped beating for several minutes; the records he made over the next decade are the work of a dead man"

Review: Saint Crispin, Melbourne

Scorching hay while the sun shines: Neil Stewart experiences "a cheeky spoonful of tartare" and a $9 bottle of water

Review: Qantas Business class – London (LHR) to Melbourne (MEL)

"It was my first ever visit to Dubai airport, and I spent my hour or so here reflecting on the tremendous run of good luck that meant I’d managed to avoid the place for the last 35 years"

The Unfortunate | B.S. Johnson at 80

Neil Stewart looks back at the extraordinary work of the "one-man avant-garde of the 1960s" who killed himself 40 years ago

Waterlilies and concrete | Naoshima Island

Tadao Ando, Monet and Thunderbirds monorails on Japan's offbeat art island

Escape from Tomorrow