Books

György Schöpflin on Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy

Is there a cure for bibliomania?

Why Oxfam bookshops, as tremendous as they are, may be the end of the second-hand bookseller

Owen Polley reviews Breaking Peace: Brexit and Northern Ireland by Feargal Cochrane

A home with books is a launching pad for a life well lived, says Daniel Johnson

Buying your way into the book charts is more widespread than you might think

Natasha Green reviews Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, by Kate Griffin

Rev Steve Morris revisits Keith Waterhouse’s forgotten classic

In its combination of glacial beauty and lovelorn desperation, Brideshead Revisited speaks to all readers, Alexander Larman writes

Thomas Woodham-Smith finds the latest research is online