Books
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
Killing with kindness
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. By Hugh Warwick
A commanding life
Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius. By Iskander Rehman
On the Cusk of austerity
A cerebral critic pleaser, a dramatic crowd pleaser, and a perennial favourite
Twilight of the gods
The eclipse of the gilded 1980s generation can be seen as a welcome changing of the guard
Is Beer the solution to all of life’s problems?
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions — And How The World Lost its Mind. By Dan Davies
Run from “Rabbits”
Hugo Rifkind’s new novel is like a warm bath turning cold
The savage triumph
End Game 1944: How Stalin Won the War. By Jonathan Dimbleby
War, peace, and architecture in Munster
A welcome if flawed history of Irish architecture
You are being nudged
State-sponsored psychological manipulation is becoming ubiquitous
PMQs of the Apes
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
Fear and tension in Frankfurt
Mass immigration has exacerbated societal dysfunction in Germany
Killing the good Samaritans
In the face of monstrous violence, we are losing control of our public spaces
June letters
Hard power is the only currency that is truly respected
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
Dancing around the issues
Who won? Certainly not the country
The great Conservative farewell
The Conservatives’ terrible result could become terminal
Foxy old Labour
Going after private schools would be an act of pointless institutional vandalism
The “shameless disrespect” of Judith Butler
The celebrated academic is too ideological to understand and accept different opinions
