American Nightmare
Lionel Shriver's latest novel is a a speculative spin on the disintegration of the United States
The Pagan Problem In Western Thought
"By all means, let the wicked fry in Hell—but why should they find themselves frying alongside innocent and virtuous pagans?"
Civilising The English Yahoos
Three decades of erudite correspondence between two of the greatest art historians of the 20th century
Clowns To The Left Of Me
Intellelectualism is something France is famous for — but in today's globalised world the French have come to doubt themselve
Spy who went into the cold
Roland Philipps makes a strong case that Donald Maclean was, from the Soviet point of view, the most valuables spy of the Cambridge Five
Murdoch: a life on the risk frontier
Two very different books come as close as possible to explaining the enigma that is Murdoch and his extraordinary media empire
Novel approach
The five Ancient Greek romances that have made it down to us in their entirety are an enigma
Empires and their aftermath
Heavy-hitters tackling big subjects of direct relevance to Britain today — now that is good news
A battle that concerns us all
Ed Husain argues in his new book "The House of Islam" that the key struggle of our time is within Islam itself
The boy in the ice-cream shop
Was Hans Asperger a benevolent and humane doctor? Or was he deeply implicated in Nazi psychiatry and its darkest episode, euthanasia?