Of Human Frailty
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Ripping Yarns
The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts Do we really need another history of the Second World War? That’s the question that immediately comes to mind on picking up Andrew Roberts’s weighty
In Love with His Public
Charles Dickens: A Life Defined by Writing by Michael Slater
Henry the First
Kissinger's Year: 1973 by Alistair Horne
Bad Luck with the Weather
John Piper, Myfanwy Piper, Lives in Art by Frances Spalding
Present Imperfect
A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks
The Character of Englishness
Dr Johnson, the greatest writer of critical prose in the English language, was able to impart to his readers both human nature in general, and the character of Englishness in particular
Booking a Place in History
The publisher George Weidenfeld has died at the age of 96. In 2009, he looked back at an eventful life and forward to his vision of the future in a dialogue with
Lisieux, France: Relics of Thérèse
The veneration of saint's relics largely died out after the Reformation, but the bones of one 19th-Century nun inexplicably attract millions of pilgrims from around the world today
South Africa: The ANC’S Health Lesson for Obama
Health care reform is one of the hardest things in politics. If Obama may be heading for defeat or a bloody draw, this is nothing compared to what awaits the ANC as
Cattle Dealer
The New Stateman's choice of senior editor confirms that the magazine has abandoned its liberal principles
Chávez’s Thugs
Chávez's blanket control over the media is highlighted by the armed attack on Globovisión