In his coverage of Northern Ireland in this memoir, Kevin Myers was unflinchingly critical of British ineptitude

Frederic Raphael reveals how Paul Cartledge makes the case for a central historical role for Oedipus’s home town

In the West we’ve yet to make the acknowledgment that overwork can be deadly, says Katrina Gulliver

There is a lesson here for those who prefer to sharpen their knives on the whetstone of grievance

Christopher Silvester reveals how this biography of Robert Maxwell is a skilfully constructed page-turner

Simon Evans says Andrew Doyle’s book is the toolkit you need to think about at least one side of this debate

Jonathon Green wonders if, despite this being a fascinating book, the author has set herself up for defeat

Baddiel is concerned in this short, polemical book with Jews being “left out”

We need a system where books that publishers really love, where it’s not mere puff, get a special sticker on the front, says John Self

Jeremy Black says McMeekin’s account provides tough reading for anybody endorsing the Guardian’s view of history