Books
At the hands of Argentina’s “kidnapper-in-chief”
This personal history of the Falklands War brings new details to light
The brave new world of Swedish education
What is “post-truth” schooling?
The Roman roots of the English church
Perhaps two new church histories have a salutary message for today’s C of E
Pulsating panorama of a complex decade
A new history of the Interregnum rescues this forgotten period of history from oblivion
Fishing with Ted Hughes
A new memoir finds the poet in a world of rivers, rods, and reels
A vivid but oddly unresolved picture
This biography of Constable is but a partial portrait
Timely reminder of the true price of oil
‘Disorder’ argues convincingly that world history now hinges on the price of oil
Narcisssism and the naked arts graduate
This call for an overhaul of the sex industry is self-indulgent and short-sighted
Welcome returns for three Irish writers
Why is the publishing industry so obsessed with debuts?
Young Stalin’s unlikely London holiday
Stephen May’s new novel is a triumph of historical fiction
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was