Books
The BBC is a liar. But is it noble?
Robin Aitken’s analysis is idiosyncratic but rings true
Marxist Magic Realism
How Soviet society, gripped by political correctness, descended into madness
Life gets worse for verse
Poetry has been put through the academic wringer and obfuscated by jargon
A tale of two stranglers
We won’t accept policemen are corrupt because the thought of anarchy is intolerable
The games people play
‘This Sporting Life’ should be read by our managerial ruling class who dismiss what they do not understand as “populist” or “right-wing”
Et tu? The grim fate of the usual suspects
Peter Stothard’s depiction of the demise of Caesar emphasises the humanity of the emperor’s killer
Unmasking of a libertine lord
With a wealth of original material, Daniel Smith meets all the requirements of high-class popular history
Fear, loathing and revolution
Was Alexis de Tocqueville the first social scientist?
Bred to be killed
The Captive-bred lion industry has been under fire for some time and Unfair Game will only add weight to calls for its cessation
The real facts of life
A welcome intervention by an author determined to return some rationalism to the trans discussion