Ladies’ Man Of Art
The formidable critic Dave Hickey turns 75 this month
Jimmy Goes Quietly
The New York newspaperman Jimmy Breslin is one of the last left from an extraordinary era
Berlin Metropolis: 1918-1933
The Geist of Weimar
The Battle Of Wills That The Soviet Union Lost
The reality of the end of the Cold War was a lot more complicated than the myths which have formed around it would suggest
Sinister March Of The Tall Fellow
A new biography of Eamon de Valera, one of the most important and mysterious figures in Irish history
‘Musical’ Men And Money
"Why does a fabulously wealthy heiress marry an impecunious, if upper-crust, rampantly gay chancer who has more than a hint of the gold-digger about
Wizardry But Not A Miracle
The Conservative election victory was surprising — but not to those on the inside of the Tory machine
War Recollected In Tranquillity
Walter Kempowski has taken over Gunter Grass's title of postwar German sage