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
A land of delectable paradoxes
How H.V. Morton deepened and enriched British perceptions of Wales
Made for TV
UK politicians are generally unsure what to think about a subject until the ITV docudrama comes out
Why should young people join the Army?
It should hardly be surprising that recruitment and retention are too low
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
Masterful pianism
Bartok, Janacek, Szymanowski (Warner)
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones