World-class snob, first-class diarist
Andrew Roberts says that in these diaries, Channon takes snobbery to a truly pathological level
A lighter shade of grey
This scholarly, readable and objective book will be the standard biography of Sir Edward Grey for decades to come
A Royal fogey reassessed
Understanding George and his reign is crucial to our post-progressivist consideration of the history of patriotism
Too much of a maverick
Andrew Roberts reviews Haldane, by John Campbell
Experts, know your place
Morality isn’t scientific
The Mumford memory hole
The parallels between the latest incident of cancel culture and George Orwell’s 1984 are uncanny
Im Abendrot (DG)
The baritone Matthias Goerne sings with a voice like brushed velvet and diction clearer than iced vodka in this five-star album
Russia’s policy of Westernophobia
Weekly pressers from Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have turned into festivals of hostility towards the countries caught in the Kremlin’s crosshairs — why?
Which political diaries are worth taking seriously?
Professor Jeremy Black discusses with Graham Stewart the craft and value of the political diarist
Senator Marco Rubio says business-as-usual with Beijing is “not an option”
In an exclusive interview with Kapil Komireddi, the US senator condemns the Communist Party of China as a “genocidal regime” which poses “the greatest threat” to international peace and security
Inclusion is an illusion
LNER – the railway that is too LGBTQI+ inclusive for “ladies and gentlemen”
Sporting life
This biography on Sir Stanley Rous and sport in the twentieth century is scholarly, balanced and well-written, says Lincoln Allison
Finn noir
A Bergmanesque miasma of gloom hangs over every episode in this new Scandinavian thriller
Nothing matters to careless people
The vigorous virtues are antique now