'If modernists sought to redeem madness by owning it, a counter-tendency aimed more simply to eradicate it ... led by a plodding and talentless figurative painter called Adolf Hitler.'

@darwent_charles on how the Nazis took aim at art and insanity.

http://ow.ly/2Ewl50FJe6Q

'Mighty but modest, greatness mixed with grave deference, paternalism combined with penitence: this ... is the image that Ronald Hutton’s remarkable book ... sets out to shatter.'

@AnnaLandmark reviews 'The Making of Oliver Cromwell'.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/young-ironsides