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The little town of Bethlehem has been irrevocably linked with Western visions of the Holy Land, but Nicholas Blincoe shows there is much more to its history

Robert McCrum's Every Third Thought asks: how, when, and where are we going after death?

Iris Origo's diary of the runup to Italy entering WW2 is a fascinating record which cuts through Fascist propaganda

Two books attempt to tackle the fundamental basis of equality: whence do we derive human rights?

The years 1880-1914 were just as much an Age of Improvement as an Age of Decadence

George Weigel's Lessons in Hope tells the story of the "pivot" of his life: his relationship with John Paul II. But what is the future for the Polish Pope's style of conservatism?

The second instalment of Simon Schama's history of the Jewish people is typically energetic but has some serious failings

A collection of Martin Amis's essays caresses the bottom of the barrel