Books
Review: ‘The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States, and the Middle East 1979-2003’ by Steve Coll
Tyrants should only be brought down by their own people; they become martyrs when brought down by foreigners.
Bust?: Saving the Economy, Democracy and our Sanity by Robert Peston and Kishan Koria- Review
"So long as we have an economic system geared towards the accumulation of wealth rather than the acquisition of it, inequalities will continue to widen"
Book recommendations from the editors’ desk
"It’s rare that I find non-fiction to be such a page-turner, but Tara Westover’s autobiography was just that."
Greg Heffley: A Hero of Our Time
Few modern comic heroes align with our distinctive age – an age which Dickens’s...
The man of the moment: Review of Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin
"Baldwin does his best to humanise Starmer and to deflate the view of him as “Mr Boring”."
Philosophical economists and privatised oceans
Barney Pite reviews Varoufakis’ Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
‘The worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen’
'Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow' offers an unconventional take on the 'Chosen One' genre
Review: Fall Out
Tim Shipman reveals the chaos and bitterness of post-referendum politics
Toxic Masculinity and the Mythopoetical Movement
Books like Michael Meade's Men and Waters of Life are just as important as Feminist classics in the fight towards equality
Review: ‘Women & Power: A Manifesto’ by Mary Beard
Beard’s new book shows that new trolls are using the same old tricks to silence women
12 books to get you through 2018
You may need these books to survive 2018, if it is as rocky as 2017
The legend of Sherlock Holmes
Erin O'Neill explores the iconic status of Arthur Conan Doyle's literary creation
The Christie Mystery
Raffaella Sero considers why Agatha Christie's characters still enthral us in the present day
We need diverse books now more than ever
Sally Christmas reflects on the importance of diverse literature in the current political climate
Poirot’s enduring appeal
Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express reminds us why the detective remains so intriguing, writes Raffaella Sero
Fairytales can show us the horrors of Hitler’s Germany
The stories of Günter Grass bring Germany’s repressed trauma into the light
The late Mr Salinger deserves his enduring reputation
The Catcher in the Rye encapsulates central tenets of our modern world, writes Barney Pite
A beastly tale of life and death
Josephine Southon reflects on the animals and beasts in Grimms' fairy tales
Science fiction that shaped the Revolution
Daniel Antonio Villar looks at the impact of Red Star, by Alexander Bognadov
