A new book on journalism gets it wrong

Keir Davidson draws on abundant family archives to paint extensive biographies of artistic and scientific patronage

Writers with biographies to match their books

Peter Stothard’s penetrating biography could not be more apposite in this age of political turmoil

Reza Aslan’s flawed account is better than nothing

We approach Dylan’s both peerless and wildly uneven catalogue only through the after-image of his dazzling prime

Shirley Hazzard stuck doggedly to exploring love — a theme unfashionable even then

Philip the foreigner and the press

Napoleon believed his glorious destiny was to terminate the Revolution

The Duke of Kent’s life has been little-known — until now