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Sophia Elizabeth Lawrence: Ripon’s ‘Uncontrollable’ Political Operator
By Nan Sloane The 1832 Great Reform Act is generally seen as a landmark event in British history, the point ... -
Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing – Review
By Barney Bardsley This is a book about the body: our first and most important home, and the site of ... -
The Revenge of the Real by Benjamin H. Bratton – Review
By Alex Mair For over 40-years there has been one economic consensus in the West; deregulate, privatise, shrink the size ... -
Falling Down by Phil Burton-Cartledge – Review
By Alex Mair The Tory party is arguably the most successful political party on Earth. Founded in 1834, it is ... -
Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera – Review
By Jeff Halden This book’s sub-title is ‘How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain’, and it’s Sanghera’s argument in this fascinating ... -
How to Make the World Add Up by Tim Harford – Review
By Karl Hornsey I’d been labouring under a misapprehension about Tim Harford that I’ve only just realised is completely false. ... -
Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston – Review
By Barney Bardsley There were few public figures in twentieth century British affairs so huge and dominant as newspaper and ... -
How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century by Erik Olin Wright – Review
By James Robinson New challenges call for new ways of thinking. Coronavirus has sent the government careering, with coughs and ... -
Jacinda Ardern: A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman – Review
By Richard Mansfield Since publication of this readable, useful and informative biography, Jacinda Ardern has led her Labour Party to ... -
Women of Westminster by Rachel Reeves – Review
By Gail Schuster Author, Rachel Reeves is Labour MP for Leeds West, a position she has held since 2010. She ...
