A masterly account of Britain’s fortunes in the Second World War

The women who always walked alone

The controversial South African cricket tour of 1970

László Földényi’s essays are a collection that will leave you feeling sharp and more cultured, says Tibor Fischer

Hart explains why we’re adapted to the environment we evolved in, rather than the one we inhabit

A vivid retelling of an infamous constitutional crisis

The Long March draws together evidence that we half knew but shied away from

The legacy of a left behind war poet

A brilliant, ambitious volume of art history — but physically difficult to read

A vivid picture of Italian domestic life on the eve of the Renaissance