The Leaning Tower of Dresden
In his epic novel 'The Tower' Uwe Tellkamp brilliantlydepicts the grotesque idiosyncrasies of the GDR’s bureaucracy
A poet casts a prosaic die
John Fuller's new volume of prose poems are grimmer and harder to read than his previous works
Provincial Unease
Giovanni Battista Moroni was a sharp-eyed portraitist who painted working people as well as the rich
The World Through Rembrandt’s Window
As a National Gallery exhibition shows, the artist refused to be broken by bereavement and bankruptcy
Fabricator of Genius
The forgotten master who manufactured his own myths
A Raspberry for Emetic Music
It is time to make a stand against incomprehensible modern music
Dead Wrong
Eugenics in the modern world
Rivers of Babylon
The great provocateur - Joan Rivers