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  • A painting depicting Britannia riding in a chariot at sea, waiving the union jack alongside Neptune and surrounded by nymphs and other mythological creatures

    The Truth About Empire – review

    More than a mere rebuttal of colonial apologetics, The Truth About Empire is a vital tool against the rising tide of reactionary retellings of history, writes Peter Mitchell

  • Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and former chancellor Jeremy Hunt placing a sign reading "levelling up" on a building

    The Broken Promise of Infrastructure – review

    Dominic Davies’s book is a much needed analysis of the role infrastructure relates to and informs our politics, writes Anubha Sarkar

  • A procession carrying banners representing different British trade unions, with a drummer in the foreground

    Another England – review

    The left has long been skeptical of embracing English identity, but Caroline Lucas offers a radical alternative vision of Englishness divorced from right wing nationalism writes Tommy Sissons

  • Several To Let signs piled together on the ground

    Against Landlords – review

    Nick Bano’s book is a much needed intervention in the struggle against Britain’s powerful landlord class, writes Eilidh Keay

  • The White House in Washington DC at night, illuminated in blue for World Autism Awareness Day

    Autism is Not a Disease – review

    Despite some shortcomings, Jodie Hare’s book is an invaluable introduction to neurodiversity as a liberatory movement writes Beauty Dhlamini

  • Fighting the dirty money behind art, sports and culture

    Paula Lacey traces efforts to wash out state and corporate influence on culture in the UK around the world

  • Delegates to the 19th congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, seated before a stage in front of a large portrait of Vladimir Lenin

    Twilight of the Soviet Union – review

    Kate Clark’s memoir offers an insightful and tragic first hand account of the last years of the Soviet Union, writes Jonathan Steele

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