Books
Fairgrounds, Franco, and the future of Spain
An author challenges her nation’s collective and individual self-deceptions
When in Romania…
This book will be valuable as much for Eastern Europe specialists as for the general reader
Faith at war
It is a hardened atheist who does not ask a few favours of God as he fixes his bayonet
Chips, with everything
Mr Heffer has produced a monumental second volume on Henry ‘Chips’ Channon to match his first
The coronavirus variations
Here are three of our most praised writers with new offerings written during one or more lockdowns and that also take in the pandemic in their subject matter
Pro-imperial truths of the old world
This magnificent one volume history details the tumultuous days of the Indian army in the jungles of Burma
Bring back the panjandrums
We need heavyweights to separate good from bad
Murders for late October
Professor Jeremy Black rounds up the best autumnal reads that are successful in grounding a sense of place
Cognitive manoeuvres
The Genetic Lottery is not the only book published this summer to tackle controversial topics in biology
Debunking myths of the Great Divergence
Tirthankar Roy dismisses both nationalist tropes about evil colonialists and imperial assumptions of benevolent liberal intervention