'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

It came as a very pleasant surprise to learn that Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife has been shortlisted for the Cob and Pen award fo...

Whatever else it may lack, the recent film Drop isn't short of pace. Things happen constantly in this suspenseful film directed by Chri...

Masquerade is a film often categorised as 'neo noir', although like Body Heat , for instance, events are swathed in sunshine rather...

Francis John Whaley (1897-1977) was an obscure Golden Age detective novelist whose books have long since vanished from sight, with the excep...

Thirty-five years have passed since Ridley Scott's film Thelma and Louise was first released, to much acclaim. On first viewing, decade...

Alone is an American film, shot in rural Oregon, which is apparently a remake of an earlier Swedish film called Gone ; both movies are scri...

I was saddened to learn recently, from his widow Jane, that David Roberts died on 18 December. The news came as a particular shock as I'...

Sometimes, one can own a book for a very long time before getting round to reading it. Well I can, anyway. It's not a habit I'm prou...

The Leopold and Loeb case dates back just over a century, to 1924, but it has an enduring fascination for anyone interested in criminology. ...

Like most people, I have lots of gaps in my cultural knowledge and whenever I can, I try to fill one or two of them. This explains why I...