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An appraisal of the President’s foreign policy would find he was consistent, traditional, multilateral – and highly successful

At times Portrait of a Muse feels like a Julian Fellowes soap opera where we see this woman of extraordinary vivacity making great men go weak at the knees

Choose ambience over aphrodisiacs for Valentine’s Day says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Jeremy Black recommends an array of crime fiction novels, both modern and classic, to keep you entertained in January

Stuart Ritchie’s ‘Science Fictions’ reveals a scholar committed not only to his own discipline but to the wider principles underlying all intellectual endeavour

The money being poured into US elections is soaring – but it’s often wasted

A good field guide, but it won’t make you fall in love with the gull next door

Lisa Hilton savours a timeless French bistro in Pimlico that displays no timidity with the ladle

Graham Stewart talks to Professor Jeremy Black about whether the past can be a servant to the present

If a biography of Boris had been published after his election victory it could have been fairly titled “Boris: A Study in Success”, but twelve months is an eternity in politics