Book Review
Cricket’s bible takes the knee
Michael Henderson says, hats off, everybody, to the troupers of the famous yellow Almanack
Torn in the USA
Purpose, identity and social status, how this book reveals the three things lacking on the shop floor at Amazon
Journey around the travel scribes
Why is travel writing so unfashionable and even regarded by some as simply “wrong”?
Debutant novels and great expectations
John Self on debut novels that provide an insight into publishing in Britain
Breaking down the gender wars
Kathleen Stock’s new book is exactly the kind of forensic, generous intervention the ongoing trans debate sorely needs
Murders for late May
From psychological character studies to witty and fast-paced detective novels, Jeremy Black rounds up the best crime fiction for late Spring
The problems with Labour mythology
With Labour again promising to talk in a language that the voters can understand, a new book asks whether the party’s historical myths are the problem
Walled in against the modern world
Islam outside the West preserves much of its traditional character, but Islam within the West is in danger of petrifying
Sincerely ducking the hard questions
Nick Cohen reveals how this book, along with hundreds of political writers like him, ducks the reality of working class life
Rotters, rogues and Champagne moments
This book is so colourful and well told that it should interest even those who find the game of Cricket dull
