Book Review
The meaning of Locke
A new book explores the English philosopher’s American afterlife
A fabulous box of geeky delights
Historic house inventories provide a remarkable insight into building histories
Tabloid fiction
A new book on journalism gets it wrong
Glowing, noble and assured
A tribute to Victorian churches
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
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
The story of a lifetime
Whole life novels lay bare the randomness and haphazardness of life
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
Dangerous liasons
Does Keir Starmer have a plan for dealing with Donald Trump?
The sectarian state
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the Balkanisation of Britain
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Italian elegance
Italian Perspectives (Pentatone)
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow