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Posts from the ‘Books’ Category

Rule Britannia belongs in one box. What’s really important belongs in another. on August 27, 2020

The secret of England’s cricket success: going the full Alexander? on August 24, 2020

Beirut on August 6, 2020

It’s history, but not as we know it, Jim on July 29, 2020

Let’s hear it for the awkward squad on July 28, 2020

When normal is abnormal on July 26, 2020

Life without cartoons would be unthinkable, but do we bother to think? on July 11, 2020

Cancel culture – pressing the red button on July 9, 2020

Lockdown Reading: reflections on a school on July 4, 2020

The Sloganators: mad men in tee shirts on July 1, 2020

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads: from the sublime to the, er, sublime on June 29, 2020

Lockdown Reading: The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis on June 26, 2020

Corona Diaries: the conclave of the rule-makers on June 24, 2020

We’re the fat pigs now – George Orwell would be highly amused on June 22, 2020

Lockdown Reading: Nathaniel’s Nutmeg on June 21, 2020

America and the myths of Britishness – putting the boot on the other foot on June 20, 2020

The Salisbury Poisonings, and how our dreams of apocalyse have changed on June 19, 2020

In times of crisis, we should cherish our journalists on June 4, 2020

Corona Diaries: The Joys of Lockdown – number 37, dressing your library for success on May 29, 2020

Corona Diaries: Boris’s darkest hour on May 11, 2020

Corona Diaries: not a day for jollity on May 8, 2020

Corona Diaries: the squirrelageddon saga on May 6, 2020

Corona Diaries: a book for our time on April 24, 2020

Corona Diaries: obsessive-compulsive, or obsessive-repulsive? on April 23, 2020

Corona Diaries: the secret of lockdown – balance input with output on April 16, 2020

Corona Diaries: the future is postponed on April 7, 2020

Corona Diaries – a bluffer’s guide to pandemics on March 31, 2020

Corona Diaries: a gift from the virus on March 30, 2020

Corona Diaries – snake oil, man projects and waiting for the viruspolizei on March 22, 2020

Corona Diaries – locusts, laxatives and cracking good reads on March 19, 2020