Biographies & Memoirs - Page 4 of 9

The American diplomat’s new book, Leadership, is undermined by his self-serving portrait of his thuggish former boss.

By Jeremy Cliffe

The novelist wrote four dark, slyly autobiographical novels – then vanished for 25 years. A new biography hopes to separate…

By Anna Leszkiewicz

In a new biography, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO is portrayed as a troubled visionary who views success as a…

By Will Dunn

Candid on short-staffing and underfunding, ministerial memoir Zero omits the healthcare that happens in the community.

By Gavin Francis

Amy Odell’s new account of the iron-fisted Vogue editor’s ascent struggles to find the human being behind the shades.

By Johanna Thomas-Corr

John Walsh’s excitable account of carousing with Martin Amis and other “big beasts” of the Eighties is a paean to…

By Erica Wagner

Uneasy with his fame and fiercely private, the post-rock pioneer left behind a musical legacy of extraordinary beauty.

By Jason Cowley

26 October 1962: Prompted by Michael Foot's biography of Aneurin Bevan, John Freeman gathers his thoughts about the father of…

By John Freeman

Dignity is thrillingly cast aside in this riotously entertaining book full of premium celebrity tittle-tattle.

By Giles Smith

Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val d'Orcia Caroline Moorehead John Murray, 361pp, £22 ISBN 071

By Kathryn Hughes