Are northerners truly more civilised?
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South by Merlin Coverley, Oldcastle, £12.99 Why do we favour one direction and not the other? Why has the north, historically, always been prioritised...
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The Global History of Catholicism edited by James Hagerty, the Lord Brennan Educational Trust/Rowan Publishing How did a tiny Middle Eastern sect become the...
Sorry, jihadists, there are no Crusaders today
June 16, 2016
Crusade and Jihad by Malcolm Lambert Profile Books, £20 “The past exerts its sway both to bane and to benefit,” says Malcolm Lambert half-way...
Book review: Is Zero K Don DeLillo’s most Jesuit-influenced novel?
June 2, 2016
The great American writer's latest book presents death as deliverance from modern anxiety
Death as deliverance from modern anxiety
June 2, 2016
Zero K by Don DeLillo Picador, £16.99 Don DeLillo has always been a writer obsessed by death. His major novels have all grappled with...
The case for turning a blind eye to history
April 7, 2016
In Praise of Forgetting by David Rieff Yale, £14.99 “Never forget” is one of the most famous directives of our time and yet one...
A writer’s scepticism is shaken under St Peter’s
March 24, 2016
Apostle by Tom Bissell Faber and Faber, £20 “I have long believed that anyone who does not find Christianity interesting has only his or...
Why Woodstock became a nightmare
March 10, 2016
Review: Small Town Talk by Barney Hoskyns, Faber and Faber, £20
Why Woodstock became a nightmare
March 10, 2016
Small Town Talk by Barney Hoskyns Faber and Faber, £20 How did a Republican-voting rural town in the Catskills become a magnet for disaffected...
Dying to reach the top of the world
December 10, 2015
The Ghosts of K2 by Mick Conefrey, Oneworld, £20 In the summer of 1996 a ferocious storm descended on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain,...
Books: Briefly noted
September 24, 2015
The Gestapo by Frank McDonough (Coronet, £20). This year has produced a slew of important books relating to the Second World War, and this...
Are northerners truly more civilised?
December 22, 2016
South by Merlin Coverley, Oldcastle, £12.99 Why do we favour one direction and not the other? Why has the north, historically, always been prioritised...
A gorgeous Catholic history for beginners
December 15, 2016
The Global History of Catholicism edited by James Hagerty, the Lord Brennan Educational Trust/Rowan Publishing How did a tiny Middle Eastern sect become the...
Sorry, jihadists, there are no Crusaders today
June 16, 2016
Crusade and Jihad by Malcolm Lambert Profile Books, £20 “The past exerts its sway both to bane and to benefit,” says Malcolm Lambert half-way...
Book review: Is Zero K Don DeLillo’s most Jesuit-influenced novel?
June 2, 2016
The great American writer's latest book presents death as deliverance from modern anxiety
Death as deliverance from modern anxiety
June 2, 2016
Zero K by Don DeLillo Picador, £16.99 Don DeLillo has always been a writer obsessed by death. His major novels have all grappled with...
The case for turning a blind eye to history
April 7, 2016
In Praise of Forgetting by David Rieff Yale, £14.99 “Never forget” is one of the most famous directives of our time and yet one...
A writer’s scepticism is shaken under St Peter’s
March 24, 2016
Apostle by Tom Bissell Faber and Faber, £20 “I have long believed that anyone who does not find Christianity interesting has only his or...
Why Woodstock became a nightmare
March 10, 2016
Review: Small Town Talk by Barney Hoskyns, Faber and Faber, £20
Why Woodstock became a nightmare
March 10, 2016
Small Town Talk by Barney Hoskyns Faber and Faber, £20 How did a Republican-voting rural town in the Catskills become a magnet for disaffected...
Dying to reach the top of the world
December 10, 2015
The Ghosts of K2 by Mick Conefrey, Oneworld, £20 In the summer of 1996 a ferocious storm descended on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain,...
Books: Briefly noted
September 24, 2015
The Gestapo by Frank McDonough (Coronet, £20). This year has produced a slew of important books relating to the Second World War, and this...
