So. Farewell Then. Nadine Dorries. The departure of the bestselling author from parliament got Mr S wondering just which books her colleagues have been reading this past year. Fortunately, the Commons Library publishes a list of all works purchased and borrowed, allowing us to discover just what is on our honourable members’ minds…

The latest list, covering the period up from October 2022 to March this year, tells us that £638 worth of new books purchased include scholarly insights on US-China relations, treatises on diplomacy and leadership, practical paths to Korean reunification, memoirs on American policing, genetic studies on inequality and...