Was There An Irish Enlightenment?
What is "enlightenment", and did one happen in 18th-century Ireland?
The Greatest Man I Ever Knew?
The rich, varied, and absorbing life, and careers, of John Freeman
Denying The Deniers
What could have been a skewering of our censorious times is merely a missed opportunity
Reflections On Bourke’s Burke
A careful and learned account which will be required reading for future historians of Burke
A Putrid Pact between Devils
An excellent book on the deal between Hitler and Stalin that shocked the world 75 years ago
Keep The Red Flag From Dying
Growing up Communist in post-war Britain
The History Of Our History
Two new editions of classic texts illuminate the duality of deep histories
The Fine Art Of Editing Reveals The Real Eliot
The new edition of Eliot's elusive poems surprises, delights and informs
The Talmudist in the Tower
Ofir Haivry's study of John Selden, the 17th-century lawyer and polymath who engaged deeply with Jewish legal traditions, is searching and original
As through a glass clearly
With his new translation of the New Testament, David Bentley Hart has brought the Bible back to life