Detective novels
Murders for July
The good, the beautiful and the grotesque
Murders for June
Classic settings conceal psychological rawness and sinuously convoluted mysteries
Murders for late December
Not all is grim and gloom in the British Library’s Tales of the Weird series
What do detective novels tell us about the period in which they were written?
Professor Jeremy Black sifts through the evidence with Graham Stewart
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
The Saad facts
A spirited but disappointing screed against wokeness
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
