Spanish Oranges, review – Searing study of a celebrity marriage upended by scandal is mightily enjoyable 4/5 Emotional bombs detonate in this confident first play from novelist Alba Arikha The Independent UK · Feb 17
‘I’m not blaming Bond for screwing up my career’: Maryam d’Abo on playing a thieving writer on stage – and a sniper cellist in 007 The former Bond girl talks about her new role as a top writer accused of stealing a story as her actor husband is cancelled – and why she has no regrets about her time aboard the 007 rollercoaster The Guardian - UK · Feb 9
Alba Arikha, Two Hours review: A wonderful, wry lesson in forging a life without regret Spanning almost 40 years of a woman’s life, ‘Two Hours’ has all the highly aestheticised self-scrutiny of Rachel Cusk, only much more amusing The Independent UK · May 26, 2024
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in March Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024
Two Hours by Alba Arikha review – an impassioned tale of how life pummels and reshapes us Navigating the extreme gap between a woman’s life and the one she imagined for herself, the writer’s third novel is concise, rigorous and heartbreaking The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024