Documenting a disaster magnet
Tibor Fischer’s new novel How To Rule The World is a bleakly brilliant picaresque
Swiftian Satire Of Trumpland
Howard Jacobson's new novel is a brief but entertaining assault on Trump
Did Burke Betray The Cause Of Liberty?
The Everyman edition of Burke's writings shows off the full range of his achievements
Wired But Not Secured
The uses and abuses of technology
Culture Shocker
A stark warning about cultural relativism
Twilight Zone Of Antiquity
The Dark Ages debate over the price of a soul
Antechamber Of Modernity
The conjunction of barbarism and civilisation
What To Do With the Huddled Masses?
David Goodhart's The British Dream isn't a scintillating read, but it is a thoughtful articulation of the UK's changing attitudes to immigration
Russia’s Poisoned Hinterland
The Last Man in Russia by Oliver Bullough charts the unsavoury history of alcoholism, violence, abortions and nihilism in the former USSR. For all this, it is beautifully written
Long Live the Novella
Two recently translated European novellas, by Sophie Divry and Brigit Vanderbeke, are wonderful examples of this short literary form