A Wee Dram of History
Review of new poetry from Carol Ann Duffy, Derwent May, W.G. Sebald and Tomas Tranströmer
Quixotic Quest Across Spain
The dust-jacket of Christopher Howse's second book on Spain points to its contents. In the province of Huesca a tiny caterpillar of a train is passing beneath the Cyclopean sugar-loaf rocks of
Rhyming Triplets
Book Reviews: New & Collected Poems, by U. A. Fanthorpe; How Snow Falls, by Craig Raine; and Late Poems, by Anthony Thwaite
Rehab for a President
Book Review: Decision Points by George W. Bush
How The West Invented Itself
What created the technological "great divergence" between the West and the rest of the world?
War Recollected In Tranquillity
Walter Kempowski has taken over Gunter Grass's title of postwar German sage
Sinister March Of The Tall Fellow
A new biography of Eamon de Valera, one of the most important and mysterious figures in Irish history
The Story Of The Short Story
A new anthology highlights the shortfalls of contemporary outlets for short fiction
Wizardry But Not A Miracle
The Conservative election victory was surprising — but not to those on the inside of the Tory machine
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