Robert Low
The Writers’ Castle review: ‘gripping portrait of the reporters at Nuremberg’
This is a fascinating account of the hacks who reported on the post-WW2 trials
Ancient barbecues and other tasty morsels of archaeology
This brief and breezy guide to Israel’s ancient sites is an impressive achievement
A tale of two dissidents: Alexei Navalny’s moving letters from jail to Natan Sharansky
The Russian opposition leader was inspired to write to the Israeli former refusenik after reading his Soviet prison memoir
BBC Spanish-language service releases report featuring classic tropes about Jewish wealth
The broadcaster is currently embroiled in controversy in the UK over its reporting of the Hamas invasion
Playing tennis with Martin Amis
Martin was unflashy and quietly spoken but on court he could display the occasional McEnroe-esque burst of bad temper
The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to Covid-19
A deep dive into a world of medieval superstition
Book review: Architect of Terror - When Franco ruled and hatred spread
Revealing account of the shocking antisemitism that underpinned the 1936 nationalist uprising that led to Spain's civil war
Sidney Reilly book review: The mysterious agent of his own downfall
Brilliantly told espionage story with a very elusive protagonist
Muppets in Moscow Book review: When Kermit and Miss Piggy went to the Kremlin
A fascinating account of how an American TV classic was exported to Russia
Book review: Emergency State: How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters - When Covid ruled us
It’s hard to disagree with human rights lawyer Adam Wagner when he writes in his new book that 'British society became as close to a police state as in living memory' when coronavirus struck
Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control book review - We have ways of making you believe what we want
A fascinating and chilling history of mind manipulation
Book review: Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview and Other Conversations - A portrait of a very private woman
Author and journalist Janet Malcolm is an icon to young females - quite an achievement for a reserved type in what was and still is a tough, male-dominated trade
Book review: Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties
A book which holds German big brands to account for their Nazi links
Review: Age of Confidence: The New Jewish Culture Wave
Jewish Renaissance has sustained twenty years of Jewish cultural craftwork
Review: Escape from the Ghetto
Review: Secret Letters - A Battle of Britain Love Story
This weekend marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. This book is a worthy memorial to these young heroes and to the modest intelligence officer who recorded their triumphs and tragedies
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