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A musical memoir of a childhood in communist Hungary
The bold vision of the J Lyons family created a uniquely British empire
Two new books examine the reasons for mass immigration — but only one identifies the role played by demographics
The author’s voice emerges loud and clear in a collection of essays that slowly chisel away at the truth
The story of the battle over America’s first dictionaries brings to life all its combatants
A lively account of the rise of the neo-Maoists
We’ve heard of the 1950s Angry Young Men — now at last we get to hear about the women
A millennial account of digital life delivers some unexpected insights
A study of Catholic disaffiliation makes clear that the sex abuse scandal is just one part of the problem
A magnificent biography of Charlemagne, known as ‘the father of Europe’
What happens when all is lost? A sobering study of the suicides that swept a defeated Reich
The idea of a secular India is in peril putting unity of the country at risk
As two new books show, 500 years since his death, the Renaissance artist’s life remains deeply controversial
A little girl’s disappearance is investigated by her own daughter decades later in this portrait of a forgotten England
Lucy Kellaway reads about how the semicolon has been decried for too long; time for a reappraisal
The attack on protestors, retold in a graphic novel, ballads and witness accounts, still resonates
A look at the anthem’s composition and how the everyman melody lives on
Examining the flaws of the neoliberal model
In our first audiobook round-up: sex lives, race inequality and dark corners of provincial life
A diligent account of the country’s recent travails — and its slow, painful route out of them
A look at how intellectual thinkers can be carved up between ‘foxes’ and ‘hedgehogs’
An entertaining memoir recalls 20 heady years at the centre of the British music business
Enjoyable new insights into the life of former Economist editor Walter Bagehot
A crop of collections shows how #MeToo has reawakened the idea that the personal is political
From unleashing your potential to taking control of your destiny — this month’s top titles
