Issue: November 2021
Rogues’ Gallery
Now that the BBC has a taste for turning its own scandals into prime time ratings, I’ve wasted no time pitching similarly eye-catching ideas
Morning glory
Why must breakfast be a meal bereft of imagination? Felipe Fernández-Armesto offers an alternative
Rooms with a view
Will the law protect owners of high-rise flats from happy-snapping tourists?
Hermione Simper
Although Hermione rarely names names or dishes dirt with quite the enthusiasm that her mother did, then she too has her tales to tell
Overarching view of the air war
These two volumes are a solid starting point for understanding the British and Commonwealth air war
November: Letters to the Editor
The Charity Commission needs to consider its own reputation
The fanatical commissar of killing
An engaging and thoroughly readable new biography on Boris Savinkov
Big questions, muddled answers
Human Frontiers is an entertaining, zippy read but it feels one layer down from its ostensible subject: big ideas
Egotist ergo sum
Just stage Cyrano with a great actor breaking wind in a corner, and we’ll all be happy
Jumbo soars in uneven Hamlet
Anne McElvoy gives kudos to Cush Jumbo, who has a star’s ability to rise above the inadequacies and shine bright
