Is it possible to retain one’s dignity in the face of annihilation?
Lea Ypi’s moving account of her family’s experiences in 20th-century Albania addresses this and other questions involving freedom and the human spirit
Centuries of cross-currents between Christianity and Islam
Elizabeth Drayson celebrates a long and fruitful exchange of views about the arts, sciences, literature and mathematics
Nostalgia for snooker’s glory days
David Hendon recalls a time when the relative merits of Jimmy White, Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor were discussed in pubs and football wasn’t mentioned at all
Honeymoon from hell: Venetian Vespers, by John Banville, reviewed
A fin-de-siècle hack marries the daughter of wealthy oil baron but soon begins to wonder what he’s let himself in for
Hiding from the Nazis in wartime Italy
Malcolm Gaskill vividly recreates his uncle’s experience as an escaped PoW, and the courage of the peasant families who risked their lives to shelter him
Dark secrets of the British housewife
Juliet Nicolson reminds us of how difficult it was, even in the 1960s, for women to admit to sexual frustration, abuse, extramarital affairs or alcoholism
The young Tennyson reaches for the stars
Richard Holmes describes how the poet’s early fascination with science – astronomy and geology in particular – would have a lasting influence on his writing
Retribution looms for the NeverTrumpers
“My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump,” says James…
Is Labour trying to kill the gambling industry?
It seems Labour will not rest until the gambling industry is dead and buried. In the latest attack, more than…
Why is Apple hosting an assassin’s app?
ICEBlock is an app that uses real-time information to pinpoint the location of ICE agents in the field. Launched in…
Ming Campbell was too good for politics
Sir Menzies Campbell’s death means the loss of one of the most inconspicuously interesting people I’ve known in politics, not…
