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Paul Johnson

Labour’s Tory Boy
A Journey by Tony Blair
Paul Johnson

Moral Fog of War
Moral Combat: A History of World War II by Michael Burleigh
Paul Johnson

Seductive Pursuits
Bite the Hand that Feeds You: Essays and Provocations by Henry Fairlie and Best Seat in the House by Frank Johnson
Paul Johnson

Entrenched Enemies
The American Civil War: A Military History by John Keegan
Paul Johnson

The Skeleton of History

Abandoning narrative form in history writing leads to laziness, the omission of important facts, and a flimsier understanding of cause and effect. Why doesn't the OUP know that?

Paul Johnson

When Poets and Chemists Fused
The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes
Paul Johnson

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