I have been thinking about cancelling my subscription for The Sunday Times. The one section that I always go to first is the Culture supplement, and recently there has been hardly anything remotely of interest. That is until this week. Packed full of articles that made this edition so worthwhile. here they are:
My Picks of the Week by Laura Hackett. (The very first article). The first time for weeks (months?) there is something to note. A book called The Corrections by Jonathon Franzen.
All the Rage. Danny Boyle is interviewed by Jonathon Dean about his new film 28 Years Later.
We can be serious and funny. Jane Garvey and Fi Glover from Five Live to Times Radio and their podcasts.
Till the stars come down. Beth Steel on her play now at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.
No Time to Die. Dominic Maxwell on new James Bond books.
(Nothing in the television section)
Ballerina and Dangerous Animals. Tom Shone reviews these two films.
Fidler on the Roof at The Barbican. Dominic Maxwell and his five star review.
A Visit to Friends. An opera that I would normally pass, except the writer is William Boyd.
Art. Again I would avoid, except this week, regular reviewer Waldemar Januszczak goes to the small church of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, not far from the Colosseum in Rome. His title is Martyr art will leave you faint. I wished I had avoided his piece.
Books. Electric Spark - The Enigma of Muriel Spark by Frances Wilson reviewed by Peter Kemp. There are fifteen of her novels on my bookshelves so only a couple left to read. Her autobiography Curriculum Vitae sounds interesting.
Among other books reviewed is To Rest Our Minds and Bodies by Harriet Armstrong (How Campus Novels got weird).
Dead, alive and Underrated. This regular feature this week is hosted by none other than Elizabeth Strout. (Another of my favourite authors, that's three this week). She picks Mrs Dalloway (I'm not a Virginia Woolf fan), Brooklyn (a wonderful novel) and The Bad Seed by William March. Might try.
Avoiding the book section on thrillers, the paperback reviews include .... Intermezzo By Sally Rooney, currently waiting on my bookshelf.
What a week! I wonder what the next edition holds in store.
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