Books
An underground war
This history of resistance in the Second World War is as moving as it is comprehensive
Who actually got Brexit done?
Mark Francois’s Brexit book is a timely corrective to the Cummings narrative
Can our duties set us free?
Jacob Phillips’ new book challenges the assumption that freedom lies in unconstraint
A bitter brew from darkest Peru
Iain Sinclair on the trail of his Victorian ancestor
In Darwin’s dreamland
A two-year stint on an island in Lake Victoria makes for a poignant and memorable memoir
A vivid chronicle of chroniclers
Richard Cohen’s history of histories is a gargantuan achievement
Murders for March
Parties and post boxes make beguiling settings for this month’s mysteries
Seductive, scholarly life of the poet-priest
This new biography of John Donne brings the centuries-dead poet to life
Brass and bullshit
Influencer is just another name for snake-oil salesman
Very essence of a Jewish writer’s life
Howard Jacobson stands his life on its head
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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
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was