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Statistics are an essentially alien language that humans did not evolve to recognise or understand

Kathleen Stock’s new book is exactly the kind of forensic, generous intervention the ongoing trans debate sorely needs

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From psychological character studies to witty and fast-paced detective novels, Jeremy Black rounds up the best crime fiction for late Spring

With Labour again promising to talk in a language that the voters can understand, a new book asks whether the party’s historical myths are the problem

There are now so many awards that not winning one must seem a source of shame

Islam outside the West preserves much of its traditional character, but Islam within the West is in danger of petrifying

Nick Cohen reveals how this book, along with hundreds of political writers like him, ducks the reality of working class life

This book is so colourful and well told that it should interest even those who find the game of Cricket dull