Emulation and evisceration
Noel Malcolm tells the story of western intellectual fascination with the Ottoman empire from the fall of Constantinople in 1453
Rabelais and the likely lads
A posthumous collection of poems by Geoffrey Hill embodies a controversial but impassioned idea of what poetry is and does
Irreverent reboot of well woke Will
Is Shakespeare ‘accessible’? The truth is that Shakespeare’s plays combine an unusual accessibility of human situation with an unusual difficulty of language
Sam-I-Am’s Final Act
The last volume of his collected letters reveals Samuel Beckett at his most Beckettian
Was There An Irish Enlightenment?
What is “enlightenment”, and did one happen in 18th-century Ireland?
The Prime And Vigour Of His Life
The final volume of Burke’s writings proves we are living in a golden age of Burke scholarship
The Fine Art Of Editing Reveals The Real Eliot
The new edition of Eliot’s elusive poems surprises, delights and informs
Hume’s ‘Treatise’ And The Problem Of Early Success
A new biography sheds light on the afterlife of Hume’s writings
Reflections On Bourke’s Burke
A careful and learned account which will be required reading for future historians of Burke
Why The World Still Loves Shakespeare
The great endurance of the Bard