Book Reviews
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
A masquerade of Rawlsian liberalism
An interesting but unconvincing Rawlsian case for socialism
The sadness of Andrews
A grim new book about racism fails to make its case
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone