Books
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
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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
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art