Tristram Shandy
Tristram and the tyrants
Laurence Sterne’s 250-year-old masterpiece is a radical, riotous celebration of liberty loathed by both Nazis and communists
Bad camp
These days, Pride is a real drag
Lifeless life of a Technicolor titan
Ronan McGreevy plumbs new depths with his pitiful accounting of a great man’s death
This time the mission is the man
B-Day comes and a beachhead is secured
How Hitler won
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss how the Nazis won in 1933 with only a third of the vote
Class viewing
The contrast between the lives of the boxers in “Fight School” and those portrayed in “Anatomy of A Scandal” could not be sharper
Bookshops remaindered
The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners
Singing lessons
Spare us the social justice preaching
Justice for a patriot
Too many heroes like Henry Wilson have been neglected
On Mount Nebo’s crest
The political life of David Trimble
Studio: Donatello at the Palazzo Strozzi
A magnificent celebration of the artist who was midwife to the birth of humanism
What really happened in Nottingham
In 2022, women are no longer allowed to gather in public libraries