The Last Lover by Can Xue – An Extract
Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction In her first UK appearance, Chinese novelist and…
Extracts
The Growth of Presidential Power – by Benjamin Ginsberg
From Presidential Government by Benjamin Ginsberg — For most of the nineteenth century, the presidency was a weak institution. In…
Medieval Europe: An Extract from Chris Wickham
‘This is tremendously good. Chris Wickham has an outstandingly keen and understanding eye for the diversities of life…
After Caravaggio: An Extract
‘Valentin is today widely recognised as a painter of impressive achievement … one of the key figures in…
The Euro as a Unifier? An Extract from ‘Europe Isn’t Working’
‘The euro’s architects were building on shaky ground, to say the least’ British journalists Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson…
The Narrow Edge: Bay of Plenty
The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey follows the extraordinary migration of red knots…
In Praise of Forgetting: The Easter Rising
April 2016 marks the centenary of the Easter Rising, when a group of Irish nationalists staged a rebellion…
The Secret Poisoner: An Extract
The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder by Linda Stratmann – a BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice –…
The Last Days of Stalin: An Extract
‘Genghis Khan with a telephone.’ On 5 March 2016 it will be 63 years since the death of…
Why Acting Matters – The Oscars 2016
As the 2016 Oscars approach – the 88th Academy Awards ceremony that will take place on 28 February…
Heroic Failure and the British: An extract
Stephanie Barczewski’s new book Heroic Failure and the British, offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing…
The Battle of Britain: The Battle Won
‘How did the British achieve this victory? Statistics can often illustrate the decline of one side as against…
The Battle of Agincourt: Shakespeare
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…
The Battle of Agincourt: The Longbow
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…
The Battle of Agincourt: Chivalry
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d,…