"an intimate and affectionate read...."

"(a) critical, generous and heartfelt biography..."

"At times reading this memoir feels like travelling on a high-speed train – no sooner have we stopped at one place than we’re hurtling on to the next. ..."

"John Sutherland makes a brave attempt to rescue the reputation of Larkin’s longstanding lover and muse..."

"reckless, marvellous and unforgettable..."

"there are some good jokes along the way..."

"the intensely personal story of one woman being soothed by nature and finding closure in the process..."

"Ostler is very good at conjuring up the 18th century..."

"his mind is better stocked than almost anyone else’s..."

"Lin summons sights and smells from San Francisco to London in a gloriously multifaceted memoir..."

"This, like its subject’s best books, rewards reading and re-reading..."

"(an) enthralling group biography..."

" a luminous portrait of a magical seabird which spans the watery globe ..."

"(a) well-written, well-paced account..."

"Sleeping sickness, strange behaviour and mass hysteria ... a neurologist makes sense of ‘psychosomatic’ illness..."

"In a no-holds-barred memoir, the former US speaker turns his fire on his party’s hijacking by MAGA supporters..."

"A black former pupil’s affectionate memoir describes the limits of progress at the school and the silence at its heart..."

"rigorously researched and packed with detail – and it also highlights the profound moral complexity of the various attempts made to secure their release..."

"The US president’s guilt-ridden son relates his life of excess in detail, but sadly lacks any self-awareness..."

"Authors and the bottle make for an entertaining read despite a whiff of disapproval..."

"An Anglican vicar deals with his drinking, divorce and family history..."

"Four Hundred Souls is all the richer for its plurality of perspectives..."

"A loving oral history that doesn’t shy away from darkness..."

"From the famous leg-crossing to a terrible stroke, the actress’s electrifying life..."

"his style is easy-going conversational..."