Book Review
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
You can’t judge a book by its cover
All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
Satire, sci-fi and a sting in the tale
It’s time for our annual guide to the best new fiction of the year
Disagree with this author? Racist!
Andrews’ view of the world is a fringe sliver of what ethnic minorities think about Britain
Military history is set to repeat itself
In a recession-ridden Britain, another European war seemed unthinkable
A magnificent update — for good and ill
Only one with a slightly deranged confidence could ever have attempted it
Life versus learning: a battle of the titans
In their lives we find fiercely opposed poles of a culture that has profoundly shaped our world
Spilling the beans on the great spymasters
Fantasy is an essential part of what we are pleased to call reality
Restless zeal of the insomniac emperor
There is something uncanny about the story of Justinian
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power