A new history of childhood reading is a treasure

David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football

A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties

Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots

Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism

The sheer scale and diversity of Lutyens’ output is mind-blowing

Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes

This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to the author’s hat

Creativity consists in destruction, in turning the composer inside-out, in making fun of him.

This synthesising project downplays the variety of experience amongst ancient women