Simone de Beauvoir
The satisfaction of small pleasures
The most anticipated book of the year, a Booker Prize nominee and a posthumous release: John Self on three new, big releases this month
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
