Bohemia, SW3
Barry Turner delves into an illuminating and entertaining insight into Bohemian life in the fast lane
Unmasking of a libertine lord
With a wealth of original material, Daniel Smith meets all the requirements of high-class popular history
Decline, fall and rise again
A masterly account of Britain’s fortunes in the Second World War
The week the war ended
Seventy-five years ago this month, peace finally came to a destroyed Europe
The desert martinet
Viscount Montgomery: tactless, arrogant and with no instinct for politics
Egotist ergo sum
Just stage Cyrano with a great actor breaking wind in a corner, and we’ll all be happy
Howdy, partner
On the least erotic noun in the English language
Sparks, glitterballs and masterworks
The greatest works of fiction published this year
Too woke to travel write?
Perhaps a little less introspection will see a renaissance of the troubled genre
Losing face
How do you pick up your nephew if you can’t recognise anyone?
Liberté autorité identité
France pivots to liberal authoritarianism, not conservatism
The new misogyny
News flash: Lesbians are allowed to exclude penises from their intimate relationships
Everlasting beauty
Dried flowers are back in vogue, says Hephzibah Anderson
In praise of reality
2021 turned the tide on the gender critical debate — and reality won
Advancing to Addis
History appears to be repeating itself as Ethiopia’s capital could once again fall to Tigrayan rebels
Stonewall rules in unlikely places
Even people in hard hats must check their thinking now