Novels
Brought to Book: James Marriott
Larman on the Editor hounded off Twitter for saying male novelists are being excluded
Criminally good writing
Jeremy Black reviews The Man Who Didn’t Fly, by Margot Bennett
Corto Maltese – graphic novels on a higher plane
The faithful translation of Hugo Pratt’s graphic novels introduces his hero to the wider audience he deserves
British Crime Classics
Jeremy Black’s recommendations for a murderous British genre
Do mention the war
The Deer Hunter remains the most affecting of Vietnam movies, Christopher Silvester writes
Invitation to a joyless party
Lisa Hilton reviews Very Important People, by Ashley Mears
American idealists in hell
Roland Elliott Brown reviews The Russian Job by Douglas Smith
Does it all add up to you?
The British state can neither gather, interpret, nor explain its own statistics
The ecstasy of sanctimony
In defence of Dominic Cummings, by his neighbour
A fistful of Gandhis
The condescending contrivances of diversified dosh