BOOK REVIEWS

Books about the world today and yesterday

Books about the world today and yesterday

ROBERT TANITCH’S ROUND-UP OF BOOKS No 11 EVOLUTION THE WHOLE STORY (Thames & Hudson £19.95). “I would rather be an off-spring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth,” said one emin ...
Books on Plays, Playwrights  and Critics

Books on Plays, Playwrights  and Critics

ROBERT TANITCH’S ROUND-UP OF BOOKS No 10 THE 101 GREATEST PLAYS by Michael Billington. (Guardian and Faber & Faber £18.99).  “Eyebrows will doubtless be raised about my final selection, the omissi ...
Books on history

Books on history

ROBERT TANITCH’S ROUND-UP OF BOOKS No 8 SAMUEL PEPYS PLAGUE, FIRE REVOLUTION (Thames & Hudson £29.95). Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) secretary to the Admiralty Board, MP, theatregoer and diarist, lived ...