Saul Bellow’s Gift: A Life Of Observation
A new biography of the American novelist presents a comic genius who never claimed to be exemplary
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Dragoman Diplomacy In The Age Of Lepanto
War and religion intertwined in the era of Cervantes
For Richer, For Poorer
Tony Atkinson's book on inequality has strong moral convictions but fails to address the top end of the scale
Two Men Who Mean Business
The economics ideas of two successful entrepeneurs — one Tory, one Labour
Still Alive, Last Time We Heard
Two poets on the pleasure of memory
Fifty Shades Of Sorrow
A compelling novel which echoes Madame Bovary in its depiction of unsatisfying marriage
Sculpture Merged With Landscape
Henry Moore: Back to a Land celebrates the artist’s devotion to nature’s shape and form
The Light And The Dark
Sir Malcolm Arnold's oeuvre, too often dismissed as "light" music, deserves rehabilitation
Peter Schmersal
The bold, atmospheric work of a contemporary German artist
Eggs Florentine
The gently eccentric Piero di Cosimo
An Archival Treasure Trove—And All Online
We may be right to be wary of the internet, but research and scholarship have benefited enormously from mass digitisation
Wired But Not Secured
The uses and abuses of technology