15 MAY 2004, page 63

The Cloak-and-dagger Poet

Jonathan Bate THE WORLD OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE by David Riggs Faber, £25, pp. 397, ISBN 0571221599 I t is almost impossible to write a good biography of Shakespeare. His plays......

Blood, Toil, Tears And Sweat

Andro Linklater TOMMY: THE BRITISH SOLDIER ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918 by Richard Holmes HarperCollins, £20, pp, 717 ISBN 000 7137516 O n11 April 1918, my father, aged 18......