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Book Reviews
Hans Fallada's 'Alone in Berlin'
William Boyd's 'Sweet Caress'
William Boyd's 'Trio'
Stella Riley's 'Under a Dark Moon'
CJ Richardson's 'The Rippon Spurrier'
Jake Griffiths' 'She Sups with the Devil'
Joseph Kanon's 'The Berlin Exchange'
Hugo Hamilton's 'The Pages'
Jim Sheehan's 'Rock of Achill'
Chris Offutt's 'The Killing Hills'
Sally Rooney's 'Beautiful World, Where Are You'
Sarah Pinborough's 'Behind Her Eyes'
Film & TV Reviews
Film Review: 'Worth'
Film Review: 'The Banshees of Inisherin'
TV Review: 'Annika'
TV Review: 'Witch Hunt'
Features
10 Reasons Why a Victorian Childhood Was Fraught with Danger
What Would Marcus Aurelius Do?
Organic Wine: What Charles Dickens Can Teach Us
Waking up to the wonders of white tea ...
Move Over, Hygge – Make Way for Frilufsliv
Current/Historical Affairs
Fabulous Fives: Book Hub
5 5* Espionage Thrillers
5 Great Gifts for Book Lovers
5 Riveting Reads Set in Russia/USSR
5 Favourite Lesser-Known Quotes
What Should I Read This Christmas? 5 Indulgent Festive Reads
Not-To-Be-Missed Nordic Noir: 5 of the Best
5 Simple Ways to Create a Hygge Reading Nook
5 Brilliant Books by Household Names
5 Bookish Bucket-List Locations in the British Isles
5 Captivating and Charismatic Characters in Crime Fiction
5 Books for Discerning Gen Ys
Fabulous Fives: Writing Hub
5 Great Gifts for Writers
5 Free Online Tools for Writers
The Truth About Blogging: 5 - Possibly - Surprising Statistics
How to Pen Profitable Flash Fiction: 5 Things You Need to Know
5 Helpful Hints for Structuring a Blog to Boost Engagement
5 New Year Resolutions for Writers
5 Characteristics of an Exceptional Writer
5 Questions Answered About Evergreen Content
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CURRENT/HISTORICAL AFFAIRS
Keep up to date with the latest perspectives on current - and historical - affairs by following the links to curated articles.
THE CRITIC: Year of the blackpill
THE LAMP: Irregular white disks
THE LAMP: Into the Ditch
THE CRITIC: The triumph of Twee Britannia
THE CRITIC: Against the HRification of history
THE GUARDIAN: Dogged by controversy - our relationship with canines through the ages
THE GUARDIAN: What is a dog, then? On the unbearable death of my dog, Polly
THE LAMP: The double life of John le Carre
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: The Dominic Raab 'bullying' saga
THE GUARDIAN: Banished to Boomer Island: tales of a menopausal Gen-Xer for hire
THE GUARDIAN: Interview with Simon Armitage
THE CRITIC: Degrading Dickens
UNHERD.COM: In defence of Little England
ALEX MURRELL: The age of average
THE CRITIC: Whatever happened to the British Bohemian?
UNHERD.COM: The North East will rise again
UNHERD.COM: Firewood will save the West
UNHERD.COM: Britain is haunted by Dickensian ghosts
THE CRITIC: Kiev and Moscow: a tale of two Russias
UNHERD.COM: The rebirth of Newcastle
THE GUARDIAN: ‘For him, the poetic was political’: how Shelley stands tall as a great Romantic poet
DAILY SCEPTIC: British Public Vastly Overestimates Size of Minority Groups
LIT HUB: 43 of the most iconic short stories in English
UNHERD.COM: Black kids should study Larkin
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: Poetry will soon be lost for good
SPIKED-ONLINE:COM: We cannot let English literature die out
THE TIMES: Queenhood: Simon Armitage's Jubilee Poem
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: The meltdown over imperial measurements
SUBSTACK: The Fashion for Racism Apologies
THE CRITIC: The monster that lurks within us
THE CRITIC: Michaela's unspeakable truths
THE SPECTATOR: The Courage of Katharine Birbalsingh
THE MAIL +: ‘Progressives’ who’d rather wreck the Tiger Head’s school than admit they’re wrong
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: Meet the activists on the ‘right side of history’
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: Trans dogma has taken over our schools
QUILLETTE.COM: Serfing the Future?
THE RECLAIM PARTY: Why do Liberals hate St George's Day?
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: The narcissism of the Britain-bashers
THE TIMES: Better a jack of all trades than master of one
LIT HUB: The Digital Age is Destroying Us
THE GUARDIAN: Plague poems, defiant wit and penis puns: why John Donne is a poet for our times
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: The unholy alliance of Israel haters
UNHERD.COM: Was Jesus a revolutionary?
THE OLDIE: The hermit who's self-isolated for 50 years ...
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: No, Britain's education system is not racist
UNHERD.COM: The myth of the black role model
THE CRITIC: Seductive, scholarly life of the poet-priest (John Donne)
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: School closures were a terrible mistake
THE CRITIC: Did Mary Whitehouse have a point?
THE LAMP: New Model Statecraft
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: Why Britain went to war over the Falklands
BBC CULTURE: The forgotten wife of Charles Dickens
RUSSIAN LIFE: Gogol: A Surrealist Author between Russia and Ukraine
UNHERD.COM: How Pablo Picasso abused his muses
PROSPECT: Cancel culture is turning healthy tensions into irreconcilable conflicts
NEW STATESMAN: Why Putin is beholden to Stalin's legacy
THE CRITIC: Wonders and warnings from the ancient world
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: Labour has a woman problem
PROSPECT: Bringing Russia in (from 1997)
THE LAMP: The Russia we have lost
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: The end of the age of fragility
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: Russian artists are not the enemy
THE SPECTATOR: My life in a 1960s prep school
LIT HUB: On the Ukrainian Poets Who Lived and Died Under Soviet Suppression
QUILLETTE: Vladimir Putin's Medieval Mindset
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: New Zealand: the wokest country in the world
UNHERD.COM: Banning RT is a Soviet - not western - tactic
LIVE SCIENCE: Who invented the bicycle?
THE MAIL: How Abramovich went from penniless orphan to billionaire oligarch
PROSPECT: Why James Joyce’s
Ulysses
appeals to the amateur reader in us all
THE CRITIC: Thinking on Inking
HUFFINGTON POST (FROM 2014): Tony Blair Says Forget The People Of Ukraine, Let's Side With Putin And Fight Radical Islam
THE CRITIC: Wedlocked
HANSARD: Relationship with Russia and China
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: The empathy of Joseph Stalin
LIVE SCIENCE: The Ark of the Covenant
THE SPECTATOR: Tom Tugendhat and the worrying rise
of Russophobia
MAIL ONLINE: Channel 5 viewers reminisce over winter of 1963
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: How we fell out of love with work
THE GUARDIAN:
We’re appalled by Putin now, but be clear: the west gave him the green light
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: Why the culture of fear will outlive Covid
UNHERD.COM: The Ukraine crisis started with Suez
QUILLETTE: The consequences of Ukraine, 2022
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: Why Brexit is an economic success story
UNHERD.COM: How Twitter forced us to hate
THE CRITIC: Russia's Empire in Ukraine and Eastern Europe (Podcast)
THE TELEGRAPH: Britain's spies told to check their 'white privilege' and stop saying 'manpower'
THE SPECTATOR: Sanctions on Putin will hit Britain's cost of living. Are we ready?
UNHERD.COM: Putin's Spiritual Destiny
MAIL ONLINE: Why I blame the arrogant, foolish West (Peter Hitchens)
UNHERD.COM: Why I Stopped Being a Good Girl
THE CRITIC: An Educational Dystopia [Finland]
THE DILETTANTE:
Lupercalia & The Ancient Origins of Valentine's Day
GOV.UK: PM speech at the Munich Security Conference: 19 February 2022
QUILLETTE: The Tribal Threat to Liberal Democracy
UNHERD.COM: Has Fuccboi Killed Literature?
THE CHAP: Street Life: embracing-the-spirit-of-the-flȃneur
THE DILETTANTE: 10 Ways the Roaring Twenties Changed the World
UNHERD.COM: The New York Times Erases JK Rowling
THE CRITIC: End Womb Trafficking
THE CRITIC: Too stupid for the truth
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: Johnny Rotten is dead right about wokeness
LITERARY HUB: A right-wing pastor held a literal book-burning in Tennessee last night.
SPIKED-ONLINE.COM: ‘The BBC is systemically woke’
THE CRITIC: Bye bye BBC
THE CRITIC: Return to Reith - Why conservatives need to do more than bash the Beebs