Liz Truss’s story is a salutary tale

Everyone reveres WWII myths — but the cult of the Great Patriotic War defines modern Russia

An essential book that should not have had to be written

Peter Hitchens’ new book details how the destruction of grammar schools has betrayed children from modest backgrounds

A new book on civil liberties and the pandemic is bogged down by petty proceduralism

The importance of meaning

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

Would Hitler and Stalin have fought so hard over a city named Tsaritsyn?

Philip the foreigner and the press

One thing in Roth’s messy existence makes him worth our time: his writing