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The pantomime that turned into a war
blood and sand by alex von tunzelmann, simon and schuster, £25 the suez crisis, writes alex von tunzelmann, “could have been neatly resolved...
Don’t blame the Jesuits for dictators
the late, great terry wogan and the recently departed fidel castro rarely appear together in the same sentence, but the two men had a couple...
Is it acceptable to hate a rival sports team?
philosophers take on the world edited by david edmonds, oup, £12.99 applied ethics is sometimes dismissed as the poor relation of more esote...
The timeless values of medieval Christianity
positively medieval by jamie blosser, our sunday visitor, £15 jamie blosser does not advocate “misty-eyed nostalgia” for medieval christendo...
How troubled should Catholics be by advances in cryogenic freezing?
What does cryonics mean to those of us who believe in an afterlife?
The real secret of sainthood
the saints: a short history by simon yarrow, oup, £10.99 god makes saints, but human beings are charged with the daunting task of understand...
A ferry ride to a land that touches heaven
the book of iona edited by robert crawford, polygon, £15 when samuel johnson visited iona he launched into a grandiose meditation on how tra...
Luther’s accidental revolution
the devil apparently went out of his way to pester and distract martin luther. he would throw nuts at the ceiling and make casks tumble down...
Why space remains the great unknown
a fortunate universe by ga lewis and la barnes, cambridge, £18.99 in theory, universes can behave in countless different ways and the odds t...
London’s great, but spare me the shards
london in fragments by ted sandling, frances lincoln, £16.99 when the tides allow, visiting the thames foreshore can, according to ted sandl...
The ‘rational’ revolution that became unhinged
the french revolution by ian davidson, profile, £25 in the popular imagination, the french revolution was a bloody episode that witnessed fr...
Nothing new in this scornful Bible study
the bible for grown-ups by simon loveday, icon, £12.99 simon loveday assures readers that this study of the bible will be even-handed. his b...
The volatile mind behind the water lilies
mad enchantment by ross king, bloomsbury, £25 by the time claude monet embarked on his daring series of water lily canvases he was a celebra...
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