Book Review
Will “they” catch on?
Pronouns are far too interesting to be left to trans activists on either side
Lyrical wormholes into the past
A powerful evangelist for poetry, without a coherent proposition about English identity
A heavyweight companion for life
Music’s vast dismembered brocade enchants practitioners and listeners alike
Slaves’ descendants don’t deserve reparations
A new book fails to make a rational or moral case for reparations
England’s glory
On his return to Yorkshire, Len Hutton was dubbed a knight of the realm
The dirty secret of the Muslim world
The neglect of the history of Islamic slavery reflects a culture of American exceptionalism and a tradition of denial
Who will stand up for “the West”?
An illiberal America and a war-torn, world-weary Europe are failing to champion our Western civilisational values
A man of Rome, out of Africa
The Bishop of Hippo and his circle brought to full life and colour
Vive la difference
Human reproduction remains unique in the animal kingdom in the intensity of care demanded
A fascinating record of a vanished world
The delight of the diaristic form is seeing through another’s perspective
