Book Review
Murders for February
Gripping books and the promise of another
Many lives of the first everywoman
Wife of Bath is a brand name all will recognise
The soul of Swedes
On the contested state of Swedish cultural identity
Liar, crook and Hollywood great
For all Cimino’s flaws, there was still “the vision thing”
Soon to be pulped non-fiction
Quentin Tarantino’s new book is a disappointment
Secret sex lives in Victorian England
Prepare to fall in like with three new books
Seldon’s way
Pioneering a path to redemption
An anaconda in the chandelier?
Benedict Rogers’ new book maps the vast network of repression propped up by China’s regime
Monetarily woke
A new book by Stefan Eich debunks the political neutrality of money
Against history snobs
Al Murray proves himself to be more than a popular historian
Young people are not as pro-immigration as you think
The idea that young people are uniformly “woke” is a silly myth
This vision glorious
Let us allow the glory of Easter to touch our daily lives
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
Clerical error
Clergy should be in the business of saving souls, not stamping passports
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
