Literary Review
The real Amis?
X.Trapnel on the book world’s latest guessing game
Tom’s ghostly debut
X.Trapnel on the latest publishing politics
Wolf bites back
X.Trapnel on the latest literary feuds and fancies
Shed and buried
X.Trapnel on cakes, fakes and stocking fillers
Booker prize chumps
The inside line on the book world
Why are republicans such “sour-faced Puritans”?
Opponents of the monarchy are also suspected of hating Christmas, puppies and the sound of children’s laughter
Murders for May
A deadly mixture of reprints and new releases
Clearly raising the tone
What makes the perfect radio voice?
Cash in the Cabinet
Helpful tips from your favourite politicians on how to beat the cost of living crisis
The unification of Germany
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the path of German unification, from the failed revolutions of 1848 to the creation of Bismarck’s Reich
Women aren’t “womb-carriers”
How the left internalised the misogyny of the modern state
Unhappy pilgrimage
The Church is on the move as Christians are “strategically driven” from their homes
Going nuts in May
There is no dish that is not improved by hazelnuts
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
Pärt, Poulenc, Stravinsky (BR Klassik)
This is a brilliant concert of three sacred works
Restore the family to British social policy
Rakib’s Britain: The Left has betrayed its roots by ignoring the evils of family break-down