The problem with low interest rates

The biggest existential threat to humans is now humanity

Three new novels plough the furrow between popular and literary fiction

Come autumn, competing literary establishments parade their best

Alex Rowson treats us to glimmering passages of life at Philip II’s court

There’s a gap in the market for Andrew Jefford’s next great book

How far can the Left’s project succeed without its totemic leader?

Generations of general staff put their faith in the knockout blow

Richard Vinen offers a rewarding portrait of ordinary lives and increasingly mediocre politicians

Not everything has to be about gender