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march 2022 • issue 505
Editor Nancy Sladek Deputy Editor Tom Fleming Assistant Editor David Gelber Contributing Editors Jonathan Beckman Michael Burleigh • Sara Wheeler • Philip Womack Editorial & Marketing Assistant Michael Delgado Marketing Manager Constance Watson Advertising Manager Terry Finnegan Classified Advertising David Sturge Founding Editor Dr Anne Smith Cover Illustration Chris Riddell
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diary 1 Joanna Kavenna
the state we’re in 6 Richard V Reeves
Liberalism and Its Discontents Francis Fukuyama 8 Sarah Harper
Tomorrow’s People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers Paul Morland 9 Richard Vinen
A Duty of Care: Britain Before and After Covid Peter Hennessy
biography 10 John Adamson
Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger 13 David Abulafia
Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan Felipe Fernández-Armesto 14 Frances Cairncross
The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty Joseph Sassoon 16 Levi Roach
The Dark Queens: A Gripping Tale of Power, Ambition and Murderous Rivalry in Early Medieval France Shelley Puhak
art 18 Charles Darwent
Bacon in Moscow James Birch
high table 20 Richard Davenport-Hines
Not Far From Brideshead: Oxford Between the Wars Daisy Dunn 21 Cathy Mason
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life Clare Mac Cumhaill & Rachael Wiseman • The Women are up to Something Benjamin J B Lipscomb
spirit of place 23 Gillian Tindall
Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain Matthew Green 24 Philip Parker
Extreme North: A Cultural History Bernd Brunner
sex & sexuality 26 Julian Baggini
A History of Masculinity: From Patriarchy to Gender Justice Ivan Jablonka • What Do Men Want?: Masculinity and Its Discontents Nina Power
