Book Review
The misunderstood satirist of sin
In the minds of many, this book threatened to undermine and destabilise the moral order
Against literary Anglophobia
Julian Barnes appears keen to deconstruct the nation that made him famous
Murders for April
The air is lighter and warmer, but Jeremy Black’s reading is as dark as ever
Country houses and the longing for home
A new book illuminates what British Jews have brought to a rich architectural tradition
A mysterious garden
A new book offers interesting insights into the neglected subject of fraternal societies
Walking the wild side of Merrie England
Revived folk customs are proud expressions of local identity and communal cohesion
The mercurial master of magic and misery
If Dickens was a unique enchanter, Conrad is a charmingly bewitched conjurer of his genius
Glorious things
This addition to the literature on monuments and commemoration is very welcome
Deconstructing the architecture of cancel culture
The censorious impulse is degrading intellectual discourse on both sides of the Atlantic
Young man — there’s a place you can go …
Everything changes in the end and not always for the better
