Paul Dean
Paul Dean is a freelance critic living in Oxford
A sharp and shrewd look at Lawrence
A dialectical mind, Lawrence is modern in his resistance to labels
Bookshops remaindered
The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”