Books
Murders for November
Time to snuggle up with the best of crime fiction
Slaves’ descendants don’t deserve reparations
A new book fails to make a rational or moral case for reparations
The case against porn
A new book makes an unanswerable case against a gruesome industry
England’s glory
On his return to Yorkshire, Len Hutton was dubbed a knight of the realm
Nicola’s novel? Just say no
There are far worse celebrity writers than Nicola Sturgeon — that doesn’t make her a novelist
You don’t hate him enough
Piers Morgan’s book is incoherent rambling narcissism
Why update PG Wodehouse?
Cynically timed for Christmas, celebrity authors have reimagined the classic characters
The dirty secret of the Muslim world
The neglect of the history of Islamic slavery reflects a culture of American exceptionalism and a tradition of denial
Small lives and violent deaths
Not so much nailing down a topic as pricking it with a thousand needles
Mapping a nation
The popularity of Saxton’s maps reflected the desire for consistency and precision
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
The problem of midwit misinformation
Iran, insurance and how smart people lose sight of the truth
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact