Niall Ferguson
The calamitous course of history
Reading Doom might not save us, but it leaves us with a better appreciation of the complex politics of catastrophe
Anatomy of disaster
The psychology of political incompetence is brought out well in Niall Ferguson’s Doom
The enduring power of brief encounters
A trio of novels that are connected by their surprising manner of finding their way to us
An affront to justice
New safeguards are needed after the Post Office acted as investigator and prosecutor
The decline of David Cameron
With the latest round of humiliating revelations, David Cameron is very much seen as yesterday’s man
Cricket’s bible takes the knee
Michael Henderson says, hats off, everybody, to the troupers of the famous yellow Almanack
Preaching to the choir
The Church will soon hit a Hartlepool moment, when people who feel politically unwelcome go elsewhere
He can bodge it
Thérèse Coffey defends Downing Street’s home furnishing revamp
What a waste
Arlene Foster’s coulda, woulda, shoulda leadership of the DUP
Burning down the House
Parliament will be destroyed if the narrow-minded idiocy of MPs like Dehenna Davison get their way
Cancelling Christians
Billy Graham wouldn’t be welcomed into Britain today
Rotters, rogues and Champagne moments
This book is so colourful and well told that it should interest even those who find the game of Cricket dull