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Issue: October 2015

Hume’s ‘Treatise’ And The Problem Of Early Success
A new biography sheds light on the afterlife of Hume's writings
David Womersley

When Francis Was Still Jorge
Cardinal Bergoglio's road to the Vatican
Paul Johnson

Stalin’s Man In London
The newly-published diaries of Ivan Maisky are an extraordinarily important 21st-century contribution to our understanding of the Second World War
S J D Green

Our Island’s Storytelling
How Britain discovered a lucrative new role as a global cultural powerhouse
Robert Low

Chelsea Or Montmartre?
The artists and writers who pursued the muse in fin-de-siècle London and Paris
Laura Freeman

The Sons Also Rise
What is it like to grow up as the child of a dictator?
Oliver Wiseman

Found In Translation
One of the greatest writers of short stories is finally getting his English-language dues
Marina Gerner

Bibliophiles Beware: Online Prices Are A Lottery
The internet bookselling market appears to be based on nothing more than whim
David Butterfield

A Steppe In The Right Direction
Patrick Marber cuts Turgenev back to the essentials while Cumberbatch triumphs in a muddled Hamlet
Anne McElvoy

The Age Of Cult Politics
New media technologies allow us to listen only to those we agree with. Journalists must fight that tendency
Nick Cohen

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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