Father and son: the Herbert Read I knew
A filial memoir of Britain’s apostle of modernism in art
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Do We Speak the Same Language as God?
Rowan Williams opens the introduction to his new book by asking, “Does the way we talk as human beings tell us anything about God?”, adding immediately, “This may sound a slightly odd
The Stuff of Legend
Robert Tombs's monumental history of the English is strengthened by how he tracks the wider developments on the Continent
Eichmann’s phoney banality
Stangneth’s clear-eyed work spells out the genesis and “logic” of Holocaust denial in all its macabre absurdity
From Underdog to Scapegoat
Joshua Muravchik's two recent books are about defending democracy in the one place in the Middle East where it thrives
Donnish Spy Games
A valuable - though not objective - historical record
Cabinet of Too Few Curiosities
The ambition of the British Museum’s Germany: Memories of a Nation ultimately exceeds its reach
Drawing Board: Sarah Butterfield
A look at the artist's first international solo exhibition