Books
Pandemics, plagues and pestilence
Germs have been laying waste to civilisations for 50,000 years
Demystifying the cyber-hackers
What is being kept safe, and how, and from whom, are not just engineering questions
The duty of care
What, asks this new memoir-manifesto, are families for?
History to be heeded
The evils of Hitler and Stalin should haunt us today
Crooked timber
A fine survey of the life and work of Isiah Berlin
Elegant buildings elegantly explained
The Past is no longer something that Was, but one of many possible solutions
Murders for June
Prepare to be taken to church – this month offers up rich description, promising debuts, and a clerical mystery that manages moral seriousness
Houellebecq, joy and Jesus
A morbid pessimist reminds us of the purity of faith
Words can never hurt?
A new satire skewers the publishing industry
Unflinching view of a fall from grace
If Carrère can be so honest, there is hope for lesser sinners
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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
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low