CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome

TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall

A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking

New releases from Javon Jackson, IZE Trio, and Mal Waldron Trio

PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself

EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage