Books
The cult of the father
A memoir of a family pulled apart by the cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
This history of sport fails to bowl over
An inadequate night watchmen of the genre
Silver spoons and sob stories
What makes an heiress?
Our man in Hungary
The past is never very far away in Adam LeBor’s new thriller
Touchy-feely and not that new really
We’re more than our emotions
Much more than just a cunning linguist
Patricia Highsmith’s voluminous diaries paint a full picture of their author
Buccaneer of the Antarctic
The heroic age of polar exploration ended with Shackleton’s death
Tales of helping and helplessness
This selection of new fiction is marked by both novelty and tradition
The hidden greatness of snowflakes
Hannah Jewell’s blog-post-turned-self-help-book says we should all aspire
He got out alive
From Belsen concentration camp to eminent British sculptor
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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
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill