From Vogue to dirty brogues
Review: Fashionista by Simone WerleOne of the real pleasures here is to encounter the lesser-known icons of ages past says Olivia Laing
The life and times of an Oxford don who never flowed quietly
Review: Maurice Bowra by Leslie MitchellA sense of what the campus agitators of the 1960s were reacting against says Ronan McDonald
Portraits of the artist
The collages that once adorned Louis Armstrong's walls capture the essence of the man, writes Stuart Nicholson
Caravan Thieves
Review: Caravan Thieves by Gerard WoodwardWoodward's strange stories don't always succeed, says James Smart
Cold Cream
Review: Cold Cream by Ferdinand MountThis is a book that makes you laugh while inciting class hatred, suggests Jo Littler
Everyday miracles
Review: Constable in Love by Martin GayfordMartin Gayford's portrait of Constable is a gift to the artist's many admirers, writes Andrew Motion
The Lodger
Review: The Lodger by Charles NichollNicholl's book offers nothing new about Shakespeare, but it's wonderfully entertaining, says Sue Arnold
How He Wrote His Songs
Review: Hiding Man by Tracy DaughertyThat Daugherty has put the suspense to use is an amazing and rare accomplishment, says Lorrie Moore
Games preview
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DVD review: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
A confident adaptation of the novel, writes Rob Mackie
Fortey takes us on a companionable journey towards the light
Tim Radford gives his verdict on Life: An Unauthorised Biography by Richard Fortey. If you've read it, tell us what you think
Can the man live up to the legend?
Review: Lowside of the Road by Barney HoskynsBarney Hoskyns valiantly searches for the real Tom Waits, despite the singer's relentless self-mythologising, says Tim Adams
Watchmen
Dark wit and vivid characters abound in Watchmen but the film falls far short of the brilliance of Alan Moore's graphic novel, thinks Philip French
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth
Review: The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth by Frances WilsonThis is an astute and elegantly written biography of an unconventional woman, says Aimee Shalan
A good man is hard to find
Review: Lowside of the Road - A Life of Tom Waits by Barney HoskynsDavid Sinclair feels for a diligent biographer blanked at every turn by his legendary subject