Articles by subject: biography

Anything is possible (by Kitty Ferguson, January/February 2012 ): Stephen Hawking’s childlike glee in overturning assumptions, especially his own, is what makes him such an iconic scientist, says his biographer Kitty Ferguson
The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior by Paul Strathern (by Brenda Maddox, January/February 2009 ): Brenda Maddox enjoys some Renaissance history
The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo (by James Randerson, January/February 2009 ): James Randerson encounters a strange legend of physics
Eric, Eileen and Norah (by Jenny Joseph, September/October 2006 ): Newly discovered letters shed light on the inner life of Orwell's wife, writes Jenny Joseph
Mr Gray's Elegy (by Brenda Maddox, January/February 2006 ): The playwright and diarist Simon Gray died on August 6, 2008. In this review for 2006 Brenda Maddox reviews the second volume of Gray's 'Smoking Diaries', 'The Year of The Jouncer'
True Aim (by Andrew Mueller, September/October 2005 ): Andrew Mueller peruses the life of the other Elvis
Austere Communist (by Jonathan Rée, Winter 2002 ): Eric Hobsbawm's life, review by Jonathan Rée
Mother of DNA (by Brenda Maddox, Autumn 2002 ): Brenda Maddox celebrates the clarity of Rosalind Franklin
God's Vital Statistics (by Jeremy Stangroom, Autumn 2002 ): A biography of God, reviewed by Jeremy Stangroom