Books
Power and the Crown
Royal Law: Prerogative Foundations by Robert Craig
Pollyannaish study is a missed opportunity
Being Victorian: How it Felt Then, Why it Matters Now by Jamie Camplin
An elegant advocate for Van the man
John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture by Charles Saumarez Smith
Life, imaginary love and forbidden lust
Blinding: the Left Wing by Mircea Cărtărescu; Thee Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers; A Domestic Animal by Francis King
A populist wake-up call for centrists
The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay by Stephen Davies
The word from Britain’s streets
Patrick Galbraith fears for the health of an old friend
How to live better
Prosperity through Growth: Boosting Living Standards in
an Age of Autocracy and AI
The genre that came in from the cold
Why we love spy fiction
Murders for February
More murders, from Newcastle to the Norfolk Broads
A persuasive critique of identity politics
Not Your Victim: How Our Obsession with Race Entraps and Divides Us by
Marie Kawthar Daouda
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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
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form