From Octavian To Augustus
Jochen Bleichen's biography of the Emperor is monumental but highly readable
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
New York Survival Story
How the New York Public Library weathered a near-death experience
Caught In The Web
Why is security online so hard to achieve? Edward Lucas's Cyberphobia argues that we are more at risk online than we realise
Prizeman Who Still Glitters
At 84, Frederic Raphael writes with the freshness and vigour of a young man starting out
Israel’s Impish Ice-Breaker
Etgar Keret's memoir The Seven Good Years is mellow but full of deadpan humour about life's absurdities
Granby Four Streets
The art of regeneration
Fischer’s Cuban Crisis
A lesser-known Cold War chess clash which left Bobby Fischer the worse for wear