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The White House Plumbers by Egil and Matthew Krogh – Review
By Karl Honsey As someone who has taken an interest in all things Watergate for many years now, this book, ... -
The Prime Minister’s Affair by Andrew Williams – Review
By Sandra Callard So tightly written it almost runs away with itself, and subsequently, the reader, The Prime Minister’s Affair ... -
Chums by Simon Kuper – Review
By Clare Jenkins Ten pages into this insider/outsider critique of the current Conservative leadership and I was looking up ‘tumbrils’ ... -
Breaking the News edited by Jackie Harrison & Luke McKernan – Review
By Clare Jenkins Ten years ago, working as a university lecturer, I set up a 12-week module called The History ... -
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 ...
