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Issue: July/August 2011

In the Steps of the Spanish
Book reviews of Love: A Secret History by Simon May and All About Love by Lisa Appignanesi
Simon Scott Plummer

Crossroads
Book review of A Pilgrim in Spain by Christopher Howse
Barton Swaim

Party Lines
Haven't we been here before? The cliche that won't go away from US political debate
Daisy Waugh

The Temptation of Dr Johnson
Party Lines overhears the latest debate about what not to tell the children
Saintsbury

Our Superman in Havana
The great man of letters was better at holding a debate than his drink
Dominic Lawson

Underrated: Ken Dodd
One could question José Raúl Capablanca's attitude, but not the Cuban conquistador's craft
Robert Low

Overrated: Richard Layard
The indefatigable showbusiness veteran manages to deliver happiness without a PhD or a government diktat
Michael Mosbacher

Interpenetration
The utopian Labour peer's new science of happiness is doing wonders for its inventor
Daniel Johnson

The Genius of Geometry
David Brooks is political flavour of the month this side of the Atlantic, so in thrall is Westminster to Barack Obama
Mark Ronan

A Triumph for Mr Bean
Reworking a masterpiece can be a tricky business. The National Theatre succeeds with Goldoni but not with Chekhov
Anne McElvoy

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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