Books
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
Rehabilitating an Edwardian genius
The sheer scale and diversity of Lutyens’ output is mind-blowing
Crossroads of history
Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes
Pilot, playboy, player
This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to the author’s hat