The LRB is Europe’s leading magazine of books and ideas. Published twice a month, it provides a space for some of ...

In the month since the ceasefire on 8 April, Trump’s rhetoric has swung erratically between talk of total victory ...

Repetition, according to Hegel, plays a crucial role in history: when something happens just once, it may be dismissed as an accident, something that might have been avoided if the situation had been ...

Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling is a book about a city but it’s also a book about families and shows that ...

The boiler at home hadn’t been working properly for some time. The water never got more than warm and a slow leak dripped underneath. I called my cousin, a heating engineer. He said he could come in ...

Charles III’s state visit to the US occasioned a good deal of commentary either celebrating the ...

Julian Barnes’s​ latest book is full of broken rules. In the second chapter we’re invited to look back at his early novel ...

The successful passage of the 2026 Tobacco and Vapes Act into law is a major milestone on the journey towards ...

Mansfield refused to go along with the fashion for more generous grading, earning the nickname – in which he revelled – ...