Reviews

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The magic of Tirzah Garwood

Tirzah Garwood's work is characterised by strangeness, meditative intensity and precision, and a deep sense of play.

Mathew Lyons November 26, 2024

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The other plot to kill Hitler

Georg Elser came within minutes of assassinating Adolf Hitler in 1939. Had he succeeded, the 20th century might have run a very different course.

Malcolm Forbes November 25, 2024

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The restless brilliance of Britain’s railways

Britain's railways are more than just machines. They are a miniature civilisation in their own right, teeming with human experience and bound together by shining ribbons of steel.

Richard Bratby November 20, 2024

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Ghospelling and ghossiping

Through the religious turbulence of the early modern period, women played an essential role in shaping, challenging, converting, and resisting Christian beliefs across Europe and t..

Katherine Harvey November 19, 2024

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The Monarchy International

Monarchs once formed a thin, global network of people who slept in one another’s palaces and wore one another’s medals. But if their relationships are interesting, were they import..

Michael Ledger-Lomas November 18, 2024

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Nasser’s children

Gamal Abdel Nasser, often remembered as a hero of Arab nationalism, was a far darker figure who exported a brutal model of revolutionary repression across the Arab world.

Nigel Ashton November 18, 2024

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Liberalism’s lost saint

A serious investigation of the founding principles of liberalism must reckon with John Locke's complex legacy of ideas.

David Wootton November 15, 2024

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The Mughals, opulence unparalleled

Created to exalt imperial power, Mughal art continues to inspire awe.

Mathew Lyons November 8, 2024

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An intimate glimpse of President Trump

President Trump's former National Security Adviser offers a cool-headed reflection on what went right during Trump’s first year in office as well as what went wrong.

Jack Dickens November 6, 2024