Columnists / Culture / Sarah Stook
by Sarah Stook · Published July 12, 2021 · Last modified July 10, 2021
Ah, the classics. They’re beloved by some, whilst others angrily slog through them in GCSE English. From Tolstoy to Hemingway, classics reach across the globe and bring us exciting stories. During lockdown, reading soared...
Columnists / Culture / Sarah Stook
by Sarah Stook · Published June 29, 2021 · Last modified June 28, 2021
When we read books about politics, many of us may be more inclined to read about what happens in the Anglosphere. It’s natural really- it’s our language, closer to our culture and what we...
Columnists / Culture / Sarah Stook
by Guest Contributor · Published May 31, 2021 · Last modified May 30, 2021
Africa, with its 54 nations, is not a monolithic place, however, many of its countries are bonded by dictators, national resources, and corruption. This is what drives Paul Kenyon’s book. Divided into several chapters,...
Columnists / Culture / Mario Laghos
by Guest Contributor · Published May 26, 2021 · Last modified May 23, 2021
The Common Sense Group, chaired by Sir John Hayes, who boast amongst their number some 50 Tory MPs – the membership is not listed publicly – have released a downloadable book, Conservative thinking for...
Tory BoyAKA: Small Men on the Wrong Side of HistoryThe Decline, Fall and Unlikely Return of ConservatismBy Ed WestRepublished in paperback, 2021, Little Brown, 432pgs. British author Ed West has written that presently rarest...
Christopher Winter / Columnists / Culture
by Guest Contributor · Published March 19, 2021 · Last modified March 17, 2021
Often the subject of serious discussion and internet memes alike, it is fair to say that the Art of War is an extremely well-known book. Many people know the more famous quotes and have...
Just the other day, a family member enquired as to what I was currently reading. I told them I was reading Edward Snowden’s biography. They were unfamiliar with him. I gave them the crux...
The Great War lives in a dark corner of our national psyche. It’s part of our founding myth – in the British book of Genesis, the Great War is Britain’s original sin. Millions of...
In 1936, Victor Gollancz, founder and lead publisher of The Left Book Club, commissioned a young author by the name of Eric Arthur Blair, better known as George Orwell, to write a book on...
Columnists / Comment / Culture / Sarah Stook
by Sarah Stook · Published August 14, 2019 · Last modified February 13, 2021
Star Rating: 5 Isabel Hardman manages something extraordinary in her 352 page book. She manages to make us feel sorry for our politicians. That’s no easy task, considering how we see politicians. Most of...
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