Peter Ackroyd’s newest book considers the impact Chris­­­t­ian­ity has had on the character of English culture—and vice-versa. Ackroyd is a revered novelist, critic, biographer, and historian whose ...
A review of The English Actor by Peter Ackroyd. In this new book, Ackroyd only briefly touches on screen acting and instead concentrates on the stage. When writing about Richard Burton, Welsh rather ...