Books
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
Murders for June
Murders haunt the longest days as well as the shortest
Poland’s border crisis belongs to the rest of Europe too
A soldier’s tragic death has exacerbated tensions on the border with Belarus
British broadcasting capitulation
Editorial standards have been thrown out, and anti-white discrimination embraced at the BBC
Enough with the bigotry mind-reading
Why do people insist on jumping to the least generous interpretation possible?
Populism on the march
As populism advances on both sides of the channel, we ask if it can make the shift from insurgent movement to governing project
Thriller vs filler
The album is back and music is better for it
The Road to the Cass Review — (2) Stephanie Davies-Arai
How doubts began to penetrate the walls of gender ideology
Beyond the boundary
Can art reflect a nation’s spirit through its depictions of one of its favourite games?
The great Conservative farewell
The Conservatives’ terrible result could become terminal
Why there has been no Street life
G.E. Street built or restored 113 churches for the Oxford diocese alone
The pitfalls of protecting beliefs
Parties should have the right to make foolish decisions about what ideas to exclude
