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A catchy premise

The deep mysteries in Twist by Colum McCann

An enigmatic captain tasked with repairing undersea communication cables disappears, and it’s up to his shipmate to discover why

Chloë Ashby

Paul Hawken meditates on the beauty of carbon

The book lacks the conviction or mastery of style to be very interesting

Dylan Neri

Robert Ferguson tells the story of the Norwegian resistance

Norway’s War is full of empathy for a broad range of personal reactions to the German occupation

Christian House

Snow White and the seven circles of Hell

The film’s star can’t keep her progressive political views to herself

Freddy Gray

Book Review

A thrilling reassessment of the Crippen case

Story of a Murder is ingenious and utterly compelling

Lisa Hilton

Culture
March 26, 2025
We don’t live in an age of reason
Never has our understanding of the world been weaker
Travis Aaroe
Book Review
March 24, 2025
W.G. Sebald on the beauty and tedium of Austrian literature
Silent Catastrophes is the first English translation of two essay collections from 1985 and 1991
Philip Hensher
Book Review
March 24, 2025
The vagaries of scientific experiments
Csaba Szabo has seen it all
Stuart Ritchie
Music
March 24, 2025
Hans Zimmer and Friends: the next level of film music?
It is impossible not to embrace the whole crazed, ambitious and thoroughly enjoyable affair
Alexander Larman
Film
March 24, 2025
The curse of Disney’s Snow White
The mouse house has experienced some setbacks in the past few years
Toby Young
Book Review
March 21, 2025
Alice Austen revisits how Belgians responded to Nazi occupation
What really distinguishes 33 Place Brugmann is that all hindsight is laid aside
Alice Jolly
Film
March 21, 2025
The problem with Snow White
The production values are high and all the enchanted animals are cute, but where are the jokes?
Deborah Ross
Television
March 21, 2025
The Severance season two finale is of a quality rarely seen on TV
This season was more ambitious and explored its concept and drama far more deeply than the first
Ross Anderson
Television
March 20, 2025
The Residence brings murder mystery fun to the White House
Plus, the showrunners clearly didn’t want the audience thinking about politics
Ross Anderson
Television
March 20, 2025
Is Drops of God the perfect TV series?
Oblique, meditative, intelligent and gentle, this Apple TV+ show is heaven
James Delingpole