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Edition 23

John Betjeman reviews humorous books in 1938

Any review of funny books must bristle with the prejudices of the reviewer and this review certainly bristles with mine. Were I, for instance,...

Time to ban sugar in publishing

Why is Italian publishing more seemly than publishing in Britain? Bookshops here are cacophonous: everywhere you turn, covers scream for attention, whether on tabletop displays...

Who wants to stay a millionaire?

Brooke Harrington, Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, discusses her new book on the money habits of the super-rich Less fortunate members of...

Can Muslim nations modernise?

Rumy Hasan is Associate Professor in the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex Business School and Visiting Professorial Research Fellow at...

What has Rome ever done for us?

Catholicism is the largest religious group to be centralised under a single leader. Its 1.4 billion adherents are outnumbered by the world’s 1.9 billion...

Wolf Hall: Authenticity and artifice in costume drama

Towards the end of 2024, audiences binge-watched the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy, about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell...