Books

By Oliver Kamm

The Rosenbergs were both Jewish and traitors

She devoted her life to serving Stalin, and a revisionist biography is gravely mistaken

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July 19, 2021 16:59

The Rosenbergs were both Jewish and traitors

Review: Nabokov and the Real World: Between  Appreciation and Defence

Robert Alter’s latest book, Nabokov and the Real World, is a selection of his essays on Nabokov’s masterpieces

By David Herman

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July 15, 2021 17:46

Review: Nabokov and the Real World: Between  Appreciation and Defence

Review: Daughters of the Labyrinth

Padel brings a painter’s eye to her descriptions of Crete

By Jenni Frazer

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July 15, 2021 17:46

E7ETTY British poet and non-fiction author Ruth Padel FRSL FZS appears at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Review: How to be a Refugee: One Family’s Story of Exile and Belonging

As identity politics become more important worldwide, this book comes as an enormous shock

By Julia Neuberger

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June 3, 2021 13:52

Review: How to be a Refugee: One Family’s Story of Exile and Belonging

Review: Looking for an Enemy: Eight Essays on Antisemitism

Glanville relates how the age-old blood libel against Jews has once again resurfaced in both right-wing rhetoric and in left-wing diatribes against Israel

By David Conway

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June 3, 2021 13:48

Pro-Palestinian activists and supporters wave flags standing on the enterance to Marble Arch Underground Station during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian cause as violence escalates in the ongoing conflict with Israel, in central London on May 15, 2021. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Review: Remote Sympathy

Anne Garvey admires a fictional but authentic account of life in Buchenwald

By Anne Garvey 

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May 20, 2021 12:03

E1CWAK Roll call at Buchenwald concentration camp, ca. 1938-1941. Two prisoners in the foreground are supporting a comrade, as

Review: The Rapunzel Act

Alan Montague finds a different level of authenticity in a thriller

By Alan Montague

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May 20, 2021 12:03

Children's book reviews round-up

Angela Kiverstein on the latest titles from children's fiction

By Angela Kiverstein

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May 13, 2021 17:17

Review: Time of the Magicians

David Conway enjoys the profile of a quartet of practitioners of the ‘magic’ of philosophy

By David Conway

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May 13, 2021 17:17

Review: In the Shadows of Enigma

Review: Essential Prose

An author with a plot for success

Prince Charles writes foreword to survivor’s memoir

Review: The Grey Men: Pursuing the Stasi into the Present

Review: Escape from the Ghetto

The Nine: the women who defied the Nazis

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