A Holy Man In Harrow
The life of the poet and artist David Jones
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Swiftian Satire Of Trumpland
Howard Jacobson's new novel is a brief but entertaining assault on Trump
A Sponger’s Ticket To The Finland Station
The irony of Lenin, Victor Sebestyan's biography reveals, is that he was profoundly bourgeois
A Man Of Words, Not Of Deeds
Alexis de Tocqueville: a mediocre minister but a memoirist of genius
A Diaspora Of Pain And Joy
The tale of two Jewish familes in Baghdad and Budapest
Pinned Down At Last: The Dean Of English Satirists
John Stubbs's biography defends Jonathan Swift from charges of irreverence and misanthropy, and evokes the roughness of his times
A Holocaust Family Tragedy
The story of the only child suicide of the Holocaust
The Elusive Question Master
Jeremy Paxman's memoir is a moving and witty account of a postwar upbringing and TV career, but we learn little of the man behind the persona
Traveller, Gossip, Gardener and Wit
Roy Strong's diaries reveal an odd but witty and engaging character moving amidst high society
How The West Invented Itself
What created the technological "great divergence" between the West and the rest of the world?
Loathing On The Campaign Trail
Arron Banks's Brexit diary is a score-settling exercise, attacking everyone he fell out with during the campaign
Anthem For The Forgotten Man
Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance's memoir of his Appalachian upbringing, is required reading for understanding why Americans rejected Hillary