Robert Maxwell
Was he pushed?
Robert Maxwell’s last two days are covered in great detail in this new book
Sunak, false equivalence and the phantom far right
There is no comparison between the threat of Islamism and the threat of the far right
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Clerical error
Clergy should be in the business of saving souls, not stamping passports
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
