Bearing Witness
Sarah Helm's powerful "biography" of Ravensbruck gathers vital testimony from the camp's survivors
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Sketches By Bozzy
The youthful indiscretions of Johnson's biographer
Denying The Deniers
What could have been a skewering of our censorious times is merely a missed opportunity
The Pagan Problem In Western Thought
"By all means, let the wicked fry in Hell—but why should they find themselves frying alongside innocent and virtuous pagans?"
Clowns To The Left Of Me
Intellelectualism is something France is famous for — but in today's globalised world the French have come to doubt themselve
Washington Blame Game
Was the journalist Judith Miller's bad intelligence to blame for the 2003 invasion of Iraq?
Civilising The English Yahoos
Three decades of erudite correspondence between two of the greatest art historians of the 20th century
Unturbulent Priest
The memoirs of Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor
Crocodile Tears For India
A story of unmitigated British plunder in India, but one which subscribes to conventional views
A Master, But Not His Masterpiece
Mario Vargas Llosa's latest novel is an entertaining tale of blackmail and family warfare — but is not up to the standard of his best
Kind Hearts And Couplets
Two poets show that fierce emotion is not restricted by rhyme or meter
Dragoman Diplomacy In The Age Of Lepanto
War and religion intertwined in the era of Cervantes