Malcolm Forbes
02 September 2026
The strange beauty of London in flames
The extraordinary exhibition that shows how artists found the humanity and horror in a city under siege
Read the full article19 August 2026
A secret diarist inside the Nazi war machine
Felix Hartlaub’s scathing notes on ‘one fanatic and a heap of ingratiating rubber dwarves’ may have got him killed
Read the full article01 July 2026
What the sitcom never told you about the real Dad’s Army
With guns, grenades, flamethrowers and sabotage training, the Home Guard were no laughing matter
Read the full article03 June 2026
Why did royal favourite Anthony Blunt betray Britain?
The traitor was driven by Marxist beliefs, a snobbish desire for dominance – but also a deadly naivety
Read the full article06 May 2026
Howard Jacobson’s novel on British antisemitism is bold, funny – and sadly timely
Howl dials down the tirades for sorrowful soul-searching and reasoned debate
Read the full article11 March 2026
John Lanchester on sex, death and revenge in Notting Hill
The author’s delicious dark comedy Look What You Made Me Do is a welcome return to form
Read the full article04 March 2026
The Holocaust tapes
A remarkable and horrific audio archive of survivors’ stories documents individual upheavals and collective trauma
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