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Illuminating American conservatism: William F Buckley’s biography, reviewed

The ornate, Latinate vocabulary. The debates peppered with witticisms. The patrician air, the untraceable accent, the playful glint in his eyes. William F. Buckley was arguably the most influential American...

Books Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -

What I discovered when I started reading French books

My most hated subject at school was French. I mean, I hated every subject...

Books Ben O'Brien -

The lying life of authors: John le Carré and authorial double-lives

“I’m not a spy who writes novels, I am a writer who briefly worked...

Books Apaar Agarwal -

The caring individual: John le Carré at the Weston

At the back of the Weston Library, in a small room off to one...

Books Nancy Gittus -

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Were the Nazis on drugs?

The Nazi regime was permeated with drugs, from morphine to heroin, taken by almost everyone in the Reich, from soldiers to housewives. This shocking...