Read William Doyle's review of Sudhir Hazareesingh's 'Black Spartacus', which has won this year's @WolfsonHistory Prize.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/thirty-years-a-slave

'As a teenager, Husain joined the hardline Sunni group Hizb ut-Tahrir and now has the zeal of the recovering extremist.'

Ed Husain's 'Among the Mosques', published today, 'careers painfully from the risible to the frankly sinister', says @sameerahim.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/fear-loathing-in-alum-rock

'It is still ... the go-to crisis whenever lessons are sought on how to manage a dangerous situation.'

Lawrence Freedman on the Cuban Missile Crisis.

https://literaryreview.co.uk/countdown-to-armageddon