Book Review
Eccentricities and obsessions
Novels that say a lot without making lots of noise
Appreciating the small and recherché
There is still some unspoiled Surrey country to be enjoyed
Holiday reads by the recently departed
1980s fiction might more profitably fill your beach-y or gîte-y afternoons
Art’s tragic tug of war
Like Scheherazade, Bruno Schulz traded his art for life
Riches of the east
Mikanowski’s timely book pours iridescent light on the lands and peoples of Eastern Europe
Pains of Victorian labour
The experience of pregnancy and childbirth in 19th century Britain was no picnic
Lost in translation
Do not dream of comparing Roma history with the Jews
Queen of the road
For a quarter of a century, not one British woman could surpass her
On the radar
A fresh telling of a largely forgotten slice of wartime history
A Classical career in an ugly age
The fad-spurning architecture of Hugh Petter
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
Max Grubb
Resentful Academic
