My only commandment is ‘Thou shalt not bore’

A dark tale of a marital stand-off

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers

After a brain injury, a young man must learn anew

An authoritative, questioning, ‘final’ not-quite-novel

The unconventional instrumentation favoured by Tortoise is an indicator of how many different lineups have always jostled for space under the jazz umbrella. The national treasure that is The Pete Alle