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Alex Peake-Tomkinson

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Andrew O’Hagan on friendship was always going to be a slam dunk. I’ve reviewed his new essay collection, On Friendship, for @spectatorlife and I’m hoping there’s a memoir on the way. And for good measure, here’s me and o
I wrote about love 💗 💗 💗 and Stephen Grosz’s long-awaited new book, Love’s Labour, for @prospect_magazine, will add a link 🔗 to the piece in my stories.
2 bananas 🍌 will always be my rider for evening events but last night I went mental and had 3… all to fuel a great time with @chriskraus7, discussing her latest non-fiction novel The Four Spent the Day Together @southbankcentre as part of the
September work reads were A-OK ❤️ 📚! I reviewed Tessa Hadley’s The Party @vintagebooks last year but it was lovely to revisit it for our @sevenoaksbookshop event last week — Tessa’s a dream author to chair and I heartily recommend
September was not good, all in all but these were the bright spots. Ninth trip to Seville and I hit my upper limit as a carnivore at @elcairorestaurante with their house speciality… blood🩸and onions 🧅 🙈 Also found Seville’s only resta
I wrote a tiny bit on My Beautiful Laundrette — which has been rereleased after 40 years — for @prospect_magazine’s culture newsletter. I only recently found out that Daniel Day-Lewis improbably beat Kenneth Branagh (as well as Tim
✨ Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian ✨ is a late contender for beach read of the summer for all of us who love a campus novel (admittedly, it’s not quite up there with The Secret History or On Beauty). Easily the most fun novel I’ve reviewe
I’ve written about Outrageous, the new series about the Mitford Sisters, for today’s @prospect_magazine culture newsletter. It isn’t perfect but will be a good comfort watch for anyone who misses The House of Eliott. Incidentally, t
I thought a novel about a content moderator was a great idea but found Elaine Castillo’s ‘Moderation’ very muddy, sadly. I’ve reviewed it for the current issue of @spectatorlife. There’s also a rave from @emilyrhodeswrit

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