The grand old man and the ingénue queen
The devotion between Britain’s wartime premier and its greatest modern monarch
Present-day lessons from past masters
Portraits of six great leaders, from the pen of Henry Kissinger
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
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
