Bengal
Churchill and the genocide myth
Zareer Masani says the wartime prime minister has been unfairly vilified over the 1943 Indian famine
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
The menopause is no joke
It is time to stop being so facetious about women’s health
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
The dark threat of nitazenes
New opioids could pose a dramatic risk to British streets
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
