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Nicholas Shakespeare’s biography reveals a boy more reminiscent of Peter Rabbit than James Bond.

By Lyndall Gordon

A new history shows how the clever, ambitious queen was no match for the post-truth politics of Henry VIII’s court.

By Rowan Williams

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By Alona Ferber, Rachel Cunliffe, Michael Prodger and Matthew Gilley

In his new book, the former New Statesman political editor identifies the defining moments when Britain changed.

By Steve Richards

The overnight success of Bonnie Garmus’s debut novel is almost as improbable as its contrived plot.

By Pippa Bailey

An oral history of the bitter Eighties dispute reveals a conflict that went far deeper than just government vs trade…

By Robert Colls

Lazy prose, stale humour, zero imagination: his bestselling children’s books belong to the Boaty McBoatface school of fiction.

By Tom Gatti