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Steve Coogan to star as Soho vice baron Paul Raymond in MEMBERS ONLY

June 1st, 2011

members only

Alan Partridge star Steve Coogan has confirmed he will play the lead in the biopic of the king of Soho sleaze, Paul Raymond. The project is a co-production between Film 4 and...

Announcing Andy Kershaw’s NO OFF SWITCH

May 17th, 2011

Off Switch

Andy Kershaw is an acclaimed music and travel journalist and broadcaster. Serpent’s Tail is delighted to be publishing his autobiography – appropriately, for anyone who knows Andy, entitled NO OFF SWITCH. One...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN debuts at Cannes 2011 – to rapturous reviews

May 15th, 2011

KEvin

The highly anticipated film version of Lionel Shriver’s million copy bestseller debuted at Cannes on Thursday 11th May 2011. Kate Muir of The Times called it ‘earth-shattering’, giving it five stars, while...

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In The Seventies

In The Seventies

Writer and eminence grise Barry Miles revives the reputation of the seventies

Far South

Far South

Far South is no ordinary novel -- but this is no ordinary disappearance . . .

Stabat Mater

Stabat Mater

In early eighteenth-century Venice an orphan girl discovers life and independence in the music of ...

Tarantula: The Skin I Live In

Tarantula: The Skin I Live In

Film by Almodovar, based on Jonquet's novel, starring Antonio Banderas to be released widely in the ...

Black by Design

Black by Design

Powerful autobiography from the front woman of influential ska band,The Selecter

To Live Outside the Law

To Live Outside the Law

He was arrested in Operation Julie, the biggest drugs bust in history, but he didn't do it for the ...