Take that, you Robbie bashers
Chris Heath explains why being famous, and rich to boot, is nowhere near as much fun as it looks in his Robbie Williams chronicle, Feel.
Leaders’ wives
Jackie Ashley enjoys a glimpse into the life of the PM's consort in Cherie Booth and Cate Haste's The Goldfish Bowl.
Asking for trouble
Andrew Motion on the pros and cons of living with a writer.
Out of the ashes
James Wood salutes Blake Bailey's generous biography of Richard Yates, A Tragic Honesty.
45 minutes to save the world
Gavyn Davies welcomes Inside Story, Greg Dyke's verdict on the fallout from the Hutton report.
Pitt the wit: young, gifted and dangerous
William Hague, who knows a bit about precocious politicians, tackles the most talented of them all, William Pitt the Younger.
On Birt, bastards and the battle for the BBC
Greg Dyke's Inside Story is the work of a passionate, driven man, says Kamal Ahmed.
Making a monkey out of Dubya
Steve Bell rises to the challenge of George Bush with a vivid visual record of the 'War on Terror', Apes of Wrath, says Hephzibah Anderson.
Lessons taken from the Book of Hate
Stephen Bates gives a brilliant overview of the crisis engulfing the anglican church in A Church at War, says Stephen Pritchard.
I’d like to make it with you, ma’am
Gyles Brandreth's account of the Queen's marriage, Philip and Elizabeth, is ludicrously lubricious, while Flora Fraser's account of George III daughters, Princesses, shows that the royal family is little changed.
Graham tells all? Actually, so not…
Graham Norton's relentlessly cheerful tone makes light of the darker moments in his autobiography, So Me, says Polly Vernon.
Toni Morrison: ‘America is going backwards’
When Toni Morrison talks, America listens. And now that the Nobel prize-winner and friend of Oprah sees racism on the rise again, she’s certainly not going to keep quiet.
Just William
Shirley Williams welcomes William Pitt the Younger, William Hague's thoughtful study of one of Britain's great prime ministers.
Darkness falls
Steven Rose is fascinated by Extreme Measures, Martin Brookes's life of the father of eugenics, Francis Galton.
Thinking big
Marek Kohn's study of the men behind Darwinism, A Reason for Everything, entertains Andrew Brown.