Modern Buildings in Britain offers an encyclopaedia of potential future losses

The use of author testimonials to sell books is a performative exercise in gilding the lily

We are never far away from abuse and ostracism

Jolyon Maugham’s prose is funny, but his ideas are dangerous

Are books as physical objects already obsolescent?

For centuries, the Po has been the lifeblood of Northern Italy

An engaging account of sex in wartime

Why remember the embarrassing first steps of a giant?

Why do authors so often have such difficulty extracting the fees they are owed?

After the events of 1848, Europe was never the same again