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Jul 6, 2026
Tom Bower is the only celebrity biographer who does his job properly. All his biographies are unauthorized, from his first essay in the form, the life of the Nazi sadist Klaus...
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May 25, 2026
Bob Spitz has compiled a press-cuttings history of the Rolling Stones. Like much of their music, it is hacked together from other people's work, though Spitz at least gives...
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May 20, 2026
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey,” out on July 17, is the most hotly awaited sword-and-sandal epic since Ridley Scott’s...
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Apr 30, 2026
We know Taylor Swift all too well. Her ubiquity makes her familiar, and familiarity breeds merch, memes, and multipart documentaries such as NBC’s The Swift Effect, a...
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Mar 11, 2026
When it is quiet at night, I hear it again. A flash of sound streaks across my mind like a jet fighter tearing low out of nowhere and shooting past before I can spot it. Sometimes it...
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Mar 2, 2026
Paul Burrell was a footman to Queen Elizabeth II from 1976 to 1987, and then an eyewitness to the marriage of Prince Charles, who is now King Charles III, and the late Diana,...
Jul 6, 2026Tom Bower is the only celebrity biographer who does his job properly. All his biographies are unauthorized, from his first essay in the form, the life of the Nazi sadist Klaus...
May 25, 2026Bob Spitz has compiled a press-cuttings history of the Rolling Stones. Like much of their music, it is hacked together from other people's work, though Spitz at least gives...
May 20, 2026Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey,” out on July 17, is the most hotly awaited sword-and-sandal epic since Ridley Scott’s...
Apr 30, 2026We know Taylor Swift all too well. Her ubiquity makes her familiar, and familiarity breeds merch, memes, and multipart documentaries such as NBC’s The Swift Effect, a...
Mar 11, 2026When it is quiet at night, I hear it again. A flash of sound streaks across my mind like a jet fighter tearing low out of nowhere and shooting past before I can spot it. Sometimes it...
Mar 2, 2026Paul Burrell was a footman to Queen Elizabeth II from 1976 to 1987, and then an eyewitness to the marriage of Prince Charles, who is now King Charles III, and the late Diana,...