Books

Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field

Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport

Where has all the money gone?

Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing

Carr’s sound, satisfying, and solid creations

A new book on an inventive, unjustly underrated, provincial architect is handsome but flawed

Murders for the New Year

From Oxford to Italy, the murders continue in 2024

The bad old days

The “golden years” of publishing were characterised by booze, bullying and amateurishness

Satire, sci-fi and a sting in the tale

It’s time for our annual guide to the best new fiction of the year

Disagree with this author? Racist!

Andrews’ view of the world is a fringe sliver of what ethnic minorities think about Britain

Tales of Gallipoli

New books keep history alive, as it should be

The celebrity trap

Women are punished for becoming the objects they are required to be

Military history is set to repeat itself

In a recession-ridden Britain, another European war seemed unthinkable