Nicholas Shakespeare

is a prize-winning author and broadcaster who lives in England and Tasmania. Translated into 14 languages, his books include the authorised biography of Bruce Chatwin, The Dancer Upstairs (filmed by John Malkovich) and In Tasmania. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

The book Litvinenko gave his life for

First Posted January 15, 2007

At home in Peru’s nastiest cell-block

First Posted October 14, 2006

Israel: what might have been

First Posted October 10, 2006

Brickbats for Legoland

Legoland is one of the UK’s top tourist traps. You must be joking, says Nicholas Shakespeare

First Posted October 9, 2006

Goodbye to Egg and Bacon Bay

First Posted May 25, 2006

Aussie miners rise from the underworld

First Posted May 17, 2006

The Great Escape turns sour

First Posted May 16, 2006

Aussies pray for aces in the hole

First Posted May 2, 2006

November 20, 2008