December 2023 Issue
William Whyte
Who’s Afraid of Flying Buttresses?
Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530–1830
By Steven Brindle
LR
December 2023 Issue
Joanna Kavenna
Unlimited Dream Company
Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007
By J G Ballard (Edited by Mark Blacklock)
December 2023 Issue
Lucy Lethbridge
Jam Yesterday
Stuffed: A History of Good Food and Hard Times in Britain
By Pen Vogler
LR
November 2023 Issue
Chris Renwick
From Colliery to Wing Collars
The Men of 1924: Britain’s First Labour Government
By Peter Clark
Age of Hope: Labour, 1945, and the Birth of Modern Britain
By Richard Toye
November 2023 Issue
Stewart Wood
Broken Britain, the Sequel
Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of a Failing State
By Danny Dorling
LR
November 2023 Issue
Richard Overy
Britain’s Colony in Europe
Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans: The British Occupation of Germany, 1945–49
By Daniel Cowling
LR
November 2023 Issue
Christopher Tyerman
For God & Profit
Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain
By Steve Tibble
LR
November 2023 Issue
Peter Marshall
Notes from the Atlantic Archipelago
The Britannias: An Island Quest
By Alice Albinia
November 2023 Issue
Robert Colls
The Umpire Strikes Back
More Than a Game: A History of How Sport Made Britain
By David Horspool
LR
September 2023 Issue
Jane Ridley
Prime Ministers & Paupers
Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars
By Simon Heffer
LR
September 2023 Issue
Piers Brendon
Ticket to Ride but No Trains
A Northern Wind: Britain 1962–65
By David Kynaston
LR
September 2023 Issue
Richard Vinen
Dates with Destiny
Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from 1945 to Truss
By Steve Richards
LR
August 2023 Issue
Philip Snow
Tale of Two Empires
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China – A History of Conflict
By Lawrence James
LR
August 2023 Issue
Nigel Andrew
They Come Over Here, Take Our Nuts
Squirrel Nation: Reds, Greys and the Meaning of Home
By Peter Coates
LR
August 2023 Issue
Simon Heffer
A Bottle of Château Maldon, Please
Vines in a Cold Climate: The People Behind the English Wine Revolution
By Henry Jeffreys
LR
August 2023 Issue
Nat Segnit
How We Laughed
Different Times: A History of British Comedy
By David Stubbs
LR
July 2023 Issue
Robert Colls
From Wapping to Westminster
One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On
By Wes Streeting
July 2023 Issue
Eric Kaufmann
Minority Reports
July 2023 Issue
Frances Cairncross
A Clean Bill of Health?
Fighting for Life: The Twelve Battles That Made Our NHS, and the Struggle for Its Future
By Isabel Hardman
Our NHS: A History of Britain’s Best-Loved Institution
By Andrew Seaton
What is a Doctor? A GP’s Prescription for the Future
By Phil Whitaker
LR
June 2023 Issue
Barney Ronay
When It All Kicked Off
Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport & the 1980s
By Roger Domeneghetti
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