You can view Lucy’s recent articles and reviews of contemporary fiction in Sunday Telegraph, New Statesman, The Times, and The Spectator.
Published Writing
“The darkest aspects of faith & love”, a review of ‘Honour’ by Elif Shafak in the Sunday Telegraph
“The slipperiness of truth”, a review of ‘Absolution’ by Patrick Flanery in the Sunday Telegraph
“A sure-footed evocation of seamy Victorian London”, a review of ‘The Pleaures of Men’ by Kate Williams in the Sunday Telegraph
“The Shopping Instinct, what lies behind our lust for the finer things in life”, in The Spectator magazine
“The weird, wonderful world of pinning a poppy”, a Comment piece in the Evening Standard
“Actress and analyst”, a review of ‘Marilyn’s Last Sessions’ by Michel Schneider in the Sunday Telegraph
“A tightly wound tale”, a review of ‘Nightwoods’ by Charles Frazier, in the Sunday Telegraph
“A lyrical tale”, a review of ‘The Translation of the Bones’ by Francesca Kay, in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘Ghastly Business’ by Louise Levene, in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘There But For The’ by Ali Smith, in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘The Report’ by Jessica Francis Kane, in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘A Kind Man’ by Susan Hill, in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of nine non-fiction books in time for Christmas in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘Hand Me Down World’ by Lloyd Jones, in the Sunday Telegraph
Needs and fulfilment, a review of ‘Nourishment’ by Gerard Woodward, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘Money market gymnastics’, a review of ‘In for a penny, in for a pound’ by Tim Waterstone in New Statesman
Questions of identity, a review of ‘Inheritance’ by Nicholas Shakespeare, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘A good picaresque life’, a review of ‘The Journey of Anders Sparrman’ by Per Wastberg, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘A year of living dangerously’, a review of ‘Gross Misconduct’ by Venetia Thompson, in The Spectator: London
Getting bogged down, a review of ‘Savage Lands’ by Clare Clark, in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘The Other Family’ by Joanna Trollope, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘Damsel in Distress’, a review of ‘A Fair Maiden’ by Joyce Carol Oates in New Statesman
Never playing safe, a review of ‘Invisible’ by Paul Auster, in the Sunday Telegraph
Waging war on the conscience, a review of ‘Small Wars’ by Sadie Jones, in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘Remarkable Creatures’ by Tracy Chevalier, in the
Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘The Bears of England’ by Mick Jackson, in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘The Rehearsal’ by Eleanor Catton, in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘How to Paint A Dead Man’ by Sarah Hall, in the Sunday Telegraph
A review of ‘The Enemy of the Good’ by Michael Arditti, in
The Spectator: London
A review of ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘This Life: choosing to be child-free’ in Mail on Sunday, London
‘No sex please, we’re credit-crunched bankers’, on the dramatic rise in sexually disturbed behaviour, in The Spectator: London
‘Is loving too much heroic or dangerous?’, a review of ‘The Truth About Love’ by Josephine Hart, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘How to Cope with Winter Blues’ in Stella magazine (Sunday Telegraph)
‘Mapping Disquiet’, a review of ‘First Person and other stories’ by Ali Smith in Literary Review: London
‘Nostalgia for a time when scandals were more decorous’, a review of ‘Past Imperfect’ by Julian Fellowes, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘Scapegoats, hate figures and superheroes: why we’re all in denial about our guilt over the debt crisis’, in The Spectator: London
‘Fine Just The Way It Is’ by Annie Proulx, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘When Will There Be Good News?’ by Kate Atkinson, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘A Sense of Healing’, a review of ‘The Idea of Love’ by Louise Dean in Literary Review: London
‘Love, anarchy and music’ a review of ‘Illuminations’ by Eva Hoffman, in Sunday Telegraph
Holiday Reading (reviews of Charles Cumming’s Typhoon, Siri Hustvedt’s The Sorrows of an American and Frank Tallis’ Fatal Lies) in New Statesman: London
‘Short. Sharp. Shocking’ a review of ‘Trauma’ by Patrick McGrath in
New Statesman: London
‘My Kind Of Town: Arequipa, Peru’ in Travel section, Sunday Telegraph: London
‘Self-flagellation and the City: does our psyche need Mammon to be inherently evil?’ in Spectator Business: London
‘Turmoil in Jeddah’ a review of ‘The Night of the Mi’raj’ by Zoe Ferraris, in the Sunday Telegraph.
‘Intimations of mortality, a review of ‘Nothing to be frightened of’ by Julian Barnes in New Statesman: London
‘Women who aren’t cut out for motherhood’ in The Times: London
‘Running Away’, a review of ‘Out of Breath’ by Julie Myerson in New
Statesman: London
‘Does what you wear really define who you are?’ a review of ‘The Clothes On Their Backs’ by Linda Grant, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘When fear keeps true intimacy at bay’, an article on Sexual Anorexia in The Straits Times: Singapore
‘Lucy Beresford gets in touch with her inner cupid’, a review of ‘Four Letter Word’ edited by Joshua Knelman & Rosalind Porter, in the Sunday Telegraph
City Life: Johannesburg, in The Spectator: London
‘Northern Lights’, a review of ‘At the Edge of Light’ by Maria Peura, (translated by David Hackston) in New Statesman: London
‘A fresh take on family, sacrifice, and loss’, a review of ‘Run’ by Ann Patchett, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘Hope amid the hardships of 1920s America’, a review of ‘Away’ by Amy Bloom, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘The Stuff Of Dreams’, a review of ‘Filming: A Love Story’ by Tabish Khair in New Statesman: London
‘Lifting the veil on love and longing in Saudi Arabia’, a review of ‘Girls of Riyadh’ by Rajaa Alsanea, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘Facebook: the crack cocaine of networking’, an article psychoanalysing our addiction to Facebook, in the online daily magazine The First Post
‘Hostages suppress their emotions to mask inner turmoil’, an article on the release of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, in The Independent: London
‘Too much in the sun’, a review of ‘Love Falls’ by Esther Freud in The Spectator: London
City Life: ‘Golf and global brands signal rising prospects for the Himalayan kingdom’, an article on Kathmandu in The Spectator, London
‘A magical cross-cultural journey’, a review of ‘The Opposite House’ by Helen Oyeyemi, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘This Raucous City’, a review of ‘The Nature of Monsters’ by Clare Clark in Literary Review: London
‘In Search of Identity’, a review of ‘Rainbow’s End’ by Lauren St. John in New Statesman: London
‘A tale of cold and calculated revenge’, a review of ‘Nina Todd Has Gone’ by Lesley Glaister, in the Sunday Telegraph
City Life: ‘Shoppers think fresh – and think less of products endorsed by World Cup losers’, an article on New Delhi in The Spectator, London
‘A Tale of Devotion and Sacrifice’, a review of ‘When Madeline Was Young’ by Jane Hamilton, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘Village of the damned’, a review of ‘Animal’s People’ by Indra Sinha in New Statesman: London
Review of ‘Bitter Sweets’ by Roopa Farooki, in the Sunday Telegraph
On The Couch: what your favourite film choice at Christmas says about you, in The Spectator: London
‘Sealed with a kiss’, an article on the erosion of British formality, in Psychologies: London
‘The gateway to African economic revival, in a place once famous only for a hijacking’, an article about Entebbe, in The Spectator: London
Review of ‘The Right Attitude to Rain’ by Alexander McCall Smith, in the Sunday Telegraph
Review of ‘The Whole World Over’ by Julia Glass, in the Sunday Telegraph
Review of ‘Disobedience’ by Naomi Alderman, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘Summer of Love’, reviews of ‘The Debutante Divorcée’ by Plum Sykes, ‘How The Hangman Lost His Heart’ by K M Grant, ‘A Perfect Life’ by Raffaella Barker, and ‘Millions Of Women Are Waiting To Meet You’ by Sean Thomas, in The Spectator: London
‘Love is off the menu’, examining Sexual Anorexia in The Times: London [ link ]
‘Message from the maze’, a review of ‘Poppy Shakespeare’ by Clare Allan in The Spectator: London
Review of ‘The Dream Life Of Sukhanov’ by Olga Grushin, in the Sunday Telegraph
‘High on Holi day’, an article on India during Holi for The Spectator, Travel supplement
‘Love Among The Rubble’, a review of ‘The Night Watch’ by Sarah Waters in Literary Review: London
‘Emotional Incontinence’, analysing the British psyche in The Spectator: London
‘Too French by half’, a review of ‘Anthology of Apparitions’ by Simon Liberati in The Spectator: London
‘Campus Affairs’, a review of ‘Truth and Consequences’ by Alison Lurie in Literary Review: London
‘The City on the couch’, psychoanalyising London’s financial services industry in The Spectator: London
‘Courting Casanova’, a review of ‘In Lucia’s Eyes’ by Arthur Japin in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘The In-between World of Vikram Lall’ by M G Vassanji, and ‘Hawkwood: Diabolical Englishman’ by Frances Stonor Saunders in The Daily Telegraph: London
‘Finding Faith’, a review of ‘Minaret’ by Leila Aboulela in Literary Review: London
‘A Taste of New York’, a review of ‘Boogaloo on Second Avenue’ by Mark Kurlansky, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘Q&A’ by Vikas Swarup, ‘American Purgatorio’ by John Haskell , ‘26a’ by Diana Evans, ‘Summer of the Cicada’ by Will Napier, and ‘The Harmony Silk Factory’ by Tash Aw, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘The Great Stink’ by Clare Clark, ‘The Republic of Trees’ by Sam Taylor , ‘Rules For Old Men Waiting’ by Peter Pouncey, ‘The Centre of Winter’ by Marya Hornbacher, and ‘The Genizah at the House of Shepher’ by Tamar Yellin, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘Critical Mass’ by Philip Ball, and ‘The Distance Between Us’ by Maggie O’Farrell in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘The Vesuvius Club’ by Mark Gatiss, ‘Sayonara Bar’ by Susan Barker , ‘Tokyo Cancelled’ by Rana Dasgupta, ‘Moses, Citizen & Me’ by Delia Jarrett-Macauley, and ‘Conspirators’ by Michael Andre Bernstein, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘The Honeymoon’ by Justin Haythe, ‘A Blade of Grass’ by Lewis DeSoto, ‘The Flood’ by David Maine, and ‘Away From You’ by Melanie Finn, in Literary Review: London
Review of ‘The Amateur Marriage’ by Anne Tyler in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘After’ by Claire Tristram, ‘Geography’ by Sophie Cunningham, ‘Rhapsody’ by Robert Ford, ‘The Island Walkers’ by John Bemrose, and ‘The River’ by Tricia Wastvedt, in Literary Review: London
Review of ‘Thursbitch’ by Alan Garner in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘Dead Girls’ by Nancy Lee, and ‘The Shops’ by India Knight, in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘Waterborne’ by Bruce Murkoff, ‘Liars & Saints’ by Maile Meloy, ‘The Average Human’ by Ellen Toby-Potter, ‘A Good Voyage’ by Katharine Davies, and ‘Santiago’s Way’ by Patricia Laurent, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘Black Dirt’ by Nell Leyshon, ’11 Emerald Street’ by Hugh O’Donnell, ‘The Double Life of Daniel Glick’ by Maurice Caldera, ‘Darien Dogs’ by Henry Shukman, and ‘Between Mountains’ by Maggie Helwig, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘The Light of Day’ by Graham Swift, and ‘Mourning Ruby’ by Helen Dunmore, in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘Snobs’ by Julian Fellowes, ‘Long For This World’ by Michael Byers, ‘The Ghost Writer’ by John Harwood, ‘The Gangster We Are All Looking For’ by Le Thi Diem Thuy, and ‘Brass’ by Helen Walsh, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘Purple Hibiscus’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, ‘A Clear Calling’ by David Austin, ‘The Sari Shop’ by Rupa Bajwa, and ‘Some Great Thing’ by Colin McAdam, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘The Book of the Heart’ by Louisa Young, and ‘English Correspondence’ by Janet Davey, in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘The Namesake’ by Jhumpa Lahiri, ‘The Angry Gods’ by Wendy Brandmark, ‘The Maze’ by Panos Karnezis, ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ by Audrey Niffenegger, and ‘Deafening’ by Francis Itani, in Literary Review: London
‘The Runaway Gigolo’, a review of ‘The Nick of Time’ by Francis King, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘India in Slow Motion’ by Mark Tully, and ‘Holy Fools’ by Joanne Harris, in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘Politics’ by Adam Thirlwell, ‘Mrs Sartoris.’ by Elke Schmitter, ‘Vernon God Little’ by D B C Pierre, ‘My Name Is Sei Shōnagon’ by Jan Blensdorf, and ‘Too Beautiful For You’ by Rod Little, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘White Powder, Green Light’ by James Hawes, and ‘The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch’ by Anne Enright, in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘Lorelei’s Secret’ by Carolyn Parkhurst, ‘Gilgamesh’ by Joan London, ‘The Book of Salt’ by Monique Truong, ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini, and ‘Disturbance of the Inner Ear’ by Joyce Hackett, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘Too Close to the Falls’ by Catherine Gildiner, and ‘The Lunar Men’ by Jenny Uglow, in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘The Russian Debutante’s Handbook’ by Gary Shteyngart, ‘Girl in a Garden’ by Lesley Chamberlain, ‘Going East’ by Matthew d’Ancona, and ‘Easter Island’ by Jennifer Vanderbes, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘Dirt Music’ by Tim Winton, and ‘Things My Mother Never Told Me’ by Blake Morrison, in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘Brick Lane’ by Monica Ali, ‘The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break’ by Steven Sherrill, ‘Buddha Da’ by Anne Donovan, ‘An Evening of Long Goodbyes’ by Paul Murray, and ‘When the Emperor Was Divine’ by Julie Otsuka, in Literary Review: London
Reviews of ‘The Escape Artist’ by Matt Seaton, and ‘The Dream Room’ by Marcel Moring, in The Daily Telegraph: London
‘Art and the City’, a review of ‘What I Loved’ by Siri Hustvedt in Literary Review: London
‘Tearing a passion to tatters’, a review of ‘Death Trap’ by Patrice Chaplin, in The Spectator: London
Reviews of ‘Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA’ by Brenda Maddox, and ‘Lucca’ by Jens Christian Grøndahl, in The Daily Telegraph: London
Reviews of ‘Flight’ by Victoria Glendinning, ‘Unless’ by Carol Shields, and ‘Under an English Heaven’ by Robert Radcliffe, in The Daily Telegraph: London
‘Recent First Novels’ in The Spectator: London
‘Flapper-lit, Anyone?’, a review of ‘Clara Callan’ by Richard B Wright in Literary Review: London
Review of ‘Carry Me Across the Water’ by Ethan Canin, and ‘stranger shores: essays 1986-1999’ by J.M.Coetzee, in The Daily Telegraph: London
‘The Mirror Crack’d”, a review of ‘Look At Me’ by Jennifer Egan in Literary Review: London
‘Sloshing Around’, a review of ‘Coastliners’ by Joanne Harris in Literary Review: London
Review of ‘Still She Haunts Me’ by Katie Roiphe, in The Times Literary Supplement: London
‘A Legacy of Guilt’, a review of ‘Sweet Hearts’ by Melanie Rae Thon, in The Times Literary Supplement: London
Reviews of ‘Homestead’ by Rosina Lippi, ‘Kate Caterina’ by William Riviere, and ‘Milwaukee’ by Bernice Rubens, in Daily Mail: London
Reviews of ‘Unnatural Fire’ by Fidelis Morgan, ‘Still Water’ by Stuart Harrison, and ‘Suchi For Beginners’ by Marian Keyes, in Daily Mail: London
Reviews of ‘The Flight of the Maidens’ by Jane Gardam, ‘Strange Ways’ by Luc Lang, and ‘Motherkind’ by Jayne Anne Phillips, in Daily Mail: London
Reviews of ‘The Forger’ by Paul Watkins, ‘Dreaming of Strangers’ by Matt Thorne, and ‘The Largest Baby in Ireland after the Famine’ by Anne Barnett, in Daily Mail: London
Reviews of ‘A History of Insects’ by Yvonne Roberts, ‘To the Hermitage’ by Malcolm Bradbury, and ‘If Only It Were True’ by Mark Levy, in Daily Mail: London
Reviews of ‘Zelda’s Cut’ by Philippa Gregory, ‘When We Were Orphans’ by Kazuo Ishiguro, and ‘Laura Blundy’ by Julie Myerson, in Daily Mail: London
Reviews of ‘Charming Billy’ by Alice McDermott, and ‘The Blackwater Lightship’ by Colm Toibin, in Daily Mail: London
‘Oh dear, Roddy got real’, a review of ‘A Star Called Henry’ by Roddy Doyle, in Daily Mail: London
PRESENTED PAPERS
“When the Patient Presses Your Buttons”, a paper on Transference and Counter-transference presented at Sanjivni Clinic, New Delhi, India
“A Passage to India”: Mental illness, East v. West, presented at The Priory Hospital, Roehampton, UK
“What is a Man?: How Literature can help Psychotherapy”, presented at Delhi Psychiatry Clinic, New Delhi, in conjunction with Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
