Angela Levin
Fifty Shades Of Sorrow
A compelling novel which echoes Madame Bovary in its depiction of unsatisfying marriage
Banalities From Behind Bars
Bland, self-serving and naive, Vicky Price’s ‘prison memoir’ contains not a jot of insight or introspection
A Girl’s Best Friend
The gemstone traders on London’s Hatton Garden have witnessed huge changes in attitudes towards marriage, but diamonds are forever
Not In My Name
Outdated procedures make banks unfriendly places for married, working women
Family Values
Washing your dirty linen in public is all the rage, at the cost of precious family loyalty
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?