MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Materialists, Unmoored, Together, and Bambi: A Tale of Life in The Woods

GIVEN the continued lack of political appetite for a well-informed, reasoned debate about Scottish independence, John Lloyd’s new book on the topic is welcome.
By no means a dispassionate summary of the arguments — it comes out solidly against independence — it does at least give space to some of the salient points usually drowned out amid the soundbites and banalities.

PETER MASON relishes a legend of Jamaican roots reggae still plying his trade with a large degree of spirit

PETER MASON is wowed (and a little baffled) by the undeniably ballet-like grace of flamenco

PETER MASON is surprised by the bleak outlook foreseen for cricket’s future by the cricketers’ bible

PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river