Blundering in the Desert
Book review of Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Michael Korda
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Good But Not Great
Book review of The Pale King by David Foster Wallace Virginia Woolf’s reputation has always baffled me. I have tried her books repeatedly over the years and I have (and this is
Shelley’s Arab Spring
In the wake of the Arab Spring, Percy Shelley's The Revolt of Islam looks mightily prophetic
ONLINE ONLY: Arguing About Amis
The tale of Martin Amis's dead talent is so popular in the press that it has become a cliché. But his detractors' criticisms increasingly focus on his private life, not his literature
After the Sea of Faith Withdraws
The Passing of Protestant England: Secularisation and Social Change by S.J.D. Green
Grade Deflation
To Miss With Love by Katharine Birbalsingh
Reptiles, Sharks and Other People
Book review of The Spoiler by Annalena McAfee and Other People’s Money by Justin Cartwright
A Turkish Delight
Book review of Turkey: A Short History by Norman Stone
Philosophy as Confession
Book review of Little Did I Know: Excerpts from Memory by Stanley Cavell
Family Values
Book review of Unnatural: The Heretical Idea of Making People by Philip Ball
The Old Lady Lifts Her Skirts
Book review of The Bank of England: 1950s to 1979 by Forrest Capie
The Reign of Spain
Book Review: The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V by Hugh Thomas