contents september 2022 • issue 511
Editor Nancy Sladek Deputy Editor Tom Fleming Assistant Editor David Gelber Contributing Editors Jonathan Beckman Michael Burleigh • Sara Wheeler • Philip Womack Editorial & Marketing Assistant Michael Delgado Marketing Manager Constance Watson Advertising Manager Terry Finnegan Classified Advertising David Sturge Founding Editor Dr Anne Smith Cover Illustration Chris Riddell
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diary 1 Alberto Manguel biography 5 Anne Perkins
Harold Wilson: The Winner Nick Thomas-Symonds 7 Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family Alison Bashford 9 Tim Blanning
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self Andrea Wulf 10 Lucy Lethbridge
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman Lucy Worsley british isles 12 Robert Colls
Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain Richard Vinen 13 Marc Mulholland
On Every Tide: The Making and Remaking of the Irish World Sean Connolly 14 Philip Parker
Lost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings Thomas Williams literary life 16 Richard Davenport-Hines
Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises A N Wilson 17 Heather Clark
Memoirs Robert Lowell 19 Richard Canning
City of the Beast: The London of Aleister Crowley Phil Baker 20 Patricia T O’Conner
Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A–Z of Literary Persuasion Louise Willder mind & body 22 Salley Vickers
And Finally: Matters of Life & Death Henry Marsh • Brainspotting: Adventures in Neurology A J Lees 23 Nina Power
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It Richard V Reeves 24 Daisy Dunn
Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body Caroline Vout
