Christmas Gifting: A Biographical Miscellany
When it comes to gifts, books are a failsafe option, notably when the recipient is someone…
Author Philip Cottam
The English Soul: The Faith of a Nation
Peter Ackroyd is a prolific writer, having published over sixty-five books as poet, novelist, biographer…
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Peter Moore’s most recent book was not written with the United States election in mind…
Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin latest Rebus novel Midnight and Blue is as well written as any of…
Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley
Like, I suspect, most people, my knowledge of Agatha Christie has been limited to having…
Shanghai by Joseph Kanon
In his latest foray into the pre-Second World War world of spies and emigrés living…
A Miscellany of Summer Reading
Can it be? Summer’s here? Perhaps it once was, and may yet show its face…
Insurrection
The American Presidential election campaign of 2024 is well underway. The primary election phase of…
A Ski Season Finale at Gastein
You can get lucky if you try to catch the last of the ski season.…
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
Super-Infinite is a startlingly wonderful and quite unputdownable biography of John Donne. Katherine Rundell has…
Hitler, Stalin Mum and Dad – A Memoir of Survival
Daniel Finkelstein, probably best known for his political and football journalism in The Times, has…