State Beacon Alexander Larman

Culture

Royally Screwed

REVIEW: ‘Behind Closed Doors: The Tragic, Untold Story of the Duchess of Windsor’ by Hugo Vickers

Alexander Larman
June 7, 2026
Culture

A Book to Sink Your Teeth Into

REVIEW: ‘Hannibal Lecter: A Life’ by Brian Raftery

Alexander Larman
February 22, 2026
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Rushdie on Death and Dying (While Remaining Alive and Well)

REVIEW: ‘The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories’ by Salman Rushdie

Alexander Larman
January 11, 2026
Culture

Cold War Interlude

REVIEW: ‘The Predicament’ by William Boyd

Alexander Larman
November 23, 2025
Culture

Days of Wine and Junkets

REVIEW: 'Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty that Reshaped America' by Michael M. Grynbaum

Alexander Larman
August 24, 2025
Culture

A Mediocre Meal of a Memoir

REVIEW: ‘I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir’ by Keith McNally

Alexander Larman
June 1, 2025
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Lorne’s Prime Time

REVIEW: ‘Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live’ by Susan Morrison

Alexander Larman
February 23, 2025
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Putting the Thrill Back in the Spy Thriller

REVIEW: 'Gabriel's Moon' by William Boyd

Alexander Larman
January 12, 2025
Culture

Elizabethan Drama

REVIEW: ‘Q: A Voyage Around the Queen’ by Craig Brown

Alexander Larman
October 27, 2024
Culture

One Hell of a Deal

REVIEW: 'Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain' by Ed Simon

Alexander Larman
August 11, 2024
Culture

The Pen Was Mightier

REVIEW: ‘Knife: Meditations after an Attempted Murder’ by Salman Rushdie

Alexander Larman
June 9, 2024
Culture

Royal Revision

REVIEW: ‘Once a King: The lost memoir of Edward VIII’ by Jane Marguerite Tippett

Alexander Larman
April 28, 2024
Culture

Infernal Affair

REVIEW: 'Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor' by Roger Lewis

Alexander Larman
March 24, 2024
Culture

Harry and Meghan’s Faithful Flack

REVIEW: ‘Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival’

Alexander Larman
January 14, 2024
Culture

Perils and Pitfalls of the Political Life

REVIEW: ‘How Not To Be A Politician: A Memoir’ by Rory Stewart

Alexander Larman
November 12, 2023
Culture

Was Mrs. Orwell Memory-Holed?

REVIEW: ‘Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life’ by Anna Funder

Alexander Larman
October 1, 2023
Culture

Tempest in a Teacup

REVIEW: ‘Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature’

Alexander Larman
July 9, 2023