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In the middle decades of the 20th century, knowing the correct order to circulate fruit after dinner could qualify you to teach at Oxford.
William Whyte wonders whether the decline of the dons has really been so terrible.
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What does it really mean to call Spinoza an atheist? Joe Moshenska reviews Steven Nadler’s "compelling" Spinoza, Atheist in @litreview.bsky.social. Read more:
Following its controversy-courting adaptation for the big screen, Wuthering Heights has found new fans - but we still know relatively little about its author.
John Mullan wonders how we can trace Emily Brontë’s life.
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You begin to hate the plastics industry the further you get into Plastic Inc. @bethgardiner.bsky.social charts the industry’s use of disinformation, lobbying, legal sabre-rattling and lawsuits to emasculate or eliminate legal and regulatory constraints.
My Plastic Inc review @litreview.bsky.social
Out now! Literary Review's June 2026 issue, featuring
Peter Moore on George Forster
@annegperkins.bsky.social on the Balfour family
William Whyte on British dons
Ian Thomson on the fall of the USSR
John Mullan on Emily Brontë
and much, much more: literaryreview.co.uk
Very grateful for the early responses to This Little World.
John Guy in Literary Review @litreview.bsky.social: literaryreview.co.uk/concerning-s...
Those who work in private equity are serious about confidentiality, despite the often enormous consequences of their actions.
@nixonsimon.bsky.social searches for the weak points of this guarded industry.
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Winston Churchill's devotion to the monarchy was fervent; he viewed the sovereign as the very fount of honour and majesty.
Piers Brendon investigates the theatrical nature of Churchill's loyalty to the crown.
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This issue contains my review of @hettieobrien.bsky.social excellent and very timely new book on the private equity industry. Do give it a read - and then buy her book!
@helenpearson.bsky.social’s new book Beyond Belief "offers some healthy pragmatism" says @adamjkucharski.bsky.social for @litreview.bsky.social (£): literaryreview.co.uk/on-second-th...
William Whyte: Pass the Cherries - Twilight of the Dons: British Intellectuals from World War II to Thatcherism by Colin Kidd
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Joe Moshenska: A Man of Substance - Spinoza, Atheist by Steven Nadler
In the Current Issue: Ritchie Robertson on Weimar * Charles Darwent on Louise Bourgeois * John Guy on the Tudors * Kirsten Tambling on dogs in art * Piers Brendon on Churchill and the crown * Saul…
Out now! Literary Review's May 2026 issue, featuring
Ritchie Robertson on Weimar
@chasd2.bsky.social on Louise Bourgeois
John Guy on the Tudors
Kirsten Tambling on dogs in art
@nixonsimon.bsky.social on private equity
and much, much more: literaryreview.co.uk
