James Walton
James Walton 18 September 2010 12:00 am
How Music Works opens with a blizzard of reassurances.
Frustrating but enjoyable
James Walton 7 July 2010 12:00 am
If we didn't already know that Milan Kundera is one of Craig Raine's literary heroes, then it wouldn't be too hard to work it out from his first novel.
James Walton 2 June 2010 12:00 am
Stephen Potter's Lifemanship contains a celebrated tip for writers who want to ensure good reviews.
Home and dry
James Walton 14 April 2010 12:00 am
In the opening chapter of The Dead Republic, the last novel in The Final Roundup trilogy, the narrator, Henry Smart, gives us a handy summary of the story so far.
We believe in angels
James Walton 24 February 2010 12:00 am
Nearly 40 per cent of Brits and over 70 per cent of Americans think angels exist. James Walton explores the strange resurgence of faith in heavenly helpers
Not cowardly enough
James Walton 20 January 2010 12:00 am
Nobody who reads Nigel Farndale's The Blasphemer is likely to complain about being short-changed.
The good old daze
James Walton 28 October 2009 12:00 am
I don't imagine that Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll was a very hard sell to its publishers.
Rhyme and reason
James Walton 26 August 2009 12:00 am
The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker
Inconvenient truths
James Walton 15 July 2009 12:00 am
To Heaven by Water, by Justin Cartwright
A curate's cornucopia
Was television in Seventies Britain that good? Is today's better? James Walton investigates
What a carry on
James Walton suggests reading George Orwell in order to understand the appeal of Carry On films