Book Review
Unearthly study of life and death
Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel
A bird-lover’s lament
Patrick Galbraith’s debut offers a quirkily enjoyable journey through a netherworldly Britain
Grace in the face of prejudice
Gwendolyn Brooks’s Maud Martha has been published in Britain for the first time
Raw and immersive tale of the Civil War
The siege of Basing House encompasses all of England in microcosm
Reinvention and rediscoveries
An actress turned author, a Kafkaesque fantasy and a 1960s re-release stir the imagination
Murders for June
Classic settings conceal psychological rawness and sinuously convoluted mysteries
The solipsistic siren
The sexual liberation and unrequited search of Nancy Cunard emblematises 1920s Paris
A game of thrones
Shelley Puhak’s woman-versus-woman rivalry between queens is only part of the story
High politics and unholy power plays
British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception
Surviving the love of a psychopath
Norman Scott gets the last word against the man who raped and plotted to murder him
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
The DUP aren’t tough negotiators
The party that claimed to stand up for unionists capitulated at every turn
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
