A travelogue through the so-called 'red wall' seats of Northern England. Brexit and Corbyn are here of course, but Payne's dogged reportage reveals a sense that something more fundamental ha... read more
Over 100,000 Jews were killed in the Ukraine during the pogroms of 1918-1921. JV draws on trial records and witness testimony to argue that this chilling violence was a harbinger of the Holo... read more
Secular wisdom in an age of unbelief, from Montaigne, Akhmatova, Hume, Camus, Cicero, Job and many others who sought, lost or found consolation. Perceptive, intelligent, a giving of necessar... read more
A feminist polemic that looks at women's resistance to male domination, both historically and now, and the consequences of independence, education, knowledge and power.
A powerful novel set in the closing stages of WW2, in which a 12-year-old girl escapes to the German countryside with her mother and older sister. Translated from the German.
The editor of the New Statesman takes a handful of news stories from the last two decades, and reflects on what they mean for England as a nation. A compassionate and readable analysis of h... read more