Germany Calling
Colin Holmes's biography of William Joyce challenges the sanitised image of the man who came to be known as "Lord Haw-Haw"
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Good Writer, Bad Picker
Elizabeth Jane Howard showed deep emotional insights as a writer, but could not apply them to her own life
Bold Women About Town
The flâneuse — the female counterpart to the flâneur — and her adventures in cities past and present
His Master’s Voice: Scruton On Wagner
Roger Scruton's book on Wagner argues that The Ring is one of the most important works of art produced in the past 200 years
Highgate Lads and Countrymen
New biographies of A.E. Housman and Evelyn Waugh expose their rural facades
Our Man On Twitter
Is Tom Fletcher's Naked Diplomacy the new model for British statecraft?
Native Narratives
J.C.H. King's history of Native North America gives a fractured, kaleidoscopic view — not unlike the reality
Betrayal In Jerusalem
Amos Oz's new novel Judas embraces history, debate, and autobiography
Was There An Irish Enlightenment?
What is "enlightenment", and did one happen in 18th-century Ireland?
Napoleon’s Bête Noire
Mme de Staël's works are once again being read, but she deserves to be remembered as a realist as well as a fabulist
In Defence Of An Embattled Bishop
George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, has enjoyed great posthumous respect — but now stands accused of child abuse
Squeezed Middle Kingdom Come
Young people in China are under immense burdens, but their generation is individualistic, innovative, and hopeful