Book Reviews
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
Murders for the New Year
From Oxford to Italy, the murders continue in 2024
Tales of Gallipoli
New books keep history alive, as it should be
Constitutionally deformed
Robert Peston and Kishan Koria would make our democracy far more dysfunctional
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
Conscious decoupling
Some people consider ideas on their own terms; for others they are inextricable from context
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
Save this perfect Welsh building
The Church Institute and Churchmen’s Club at Llanfairfechan need, and deserve, to be preserved
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
