The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion

A new history of childhood reading is a treasure

A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties

Hugo Rifkind’s new novel is like a warm bath turning cold

C. S. Lewis’s Oxford by Simon Horobin

John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture

Alastair Campbell’s new book is beneath the level of the bargain bin

We need interesting authors, not “big names”

Murders haunt the longest days as well as the shortest

The book world is on its last legs. So how we can bring it back from the dead?