I’m Sorry Prime Minister
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Worldviews apart
There are disturbing differences between how British Muslims and non-Muslims see the world
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.