Found In Translation
One of the greatest writers of short stories is finally getting his English-language dues
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
The Cold Warrior Who Enjoys The Fight
Henry Kissinger was often compared to Machiavelli but Niall Ferguson shows he was, at heart, an idealist
Subverting The Superpowers
Efraim Karsh's book on the creation of the modern Middle East is timely but overstates his case
From Octavian To Augustus
Jochen Bleichen's biography of the Emperor is monumental but highly readable
New York Survival Story
How the New York Public Library weathered a near-death experience
Caught In The Web
Why is security online so hard to achieve? Edward Lucas's Cyberphobia argues that we are more at risk online than we realise
Prizeman Who Still Glitters
At 84, Frederic Raphael writes with the freshness and vigour of a young man starting out
Israel’s Impish Ice-Breaker
Etgar Keret's memoir The Seven Good Years is mellow but full of deadpan humour about life's absurdities
The Greatest Man I Ever Knew?
The rich, varied, and absorbing life, and careers, of John Freeman
Click Here For The Revolution
David Cameron's former director of strategy has a manifesto for the modern world
Last Days Of India’s Empress
A biography of Indira Gandhi's final years offers insights into a dark period of unmitigated corruption in Indian politics
Reflections On Bourke’s Burke
A careful and learned account which will be required reading for future historians of Burke