Volume 68 Issue 7 July 2018

Combining grand narrative with vignettes of private lives and long-forgotten events, the last 500 years of Jewish life are told by a consummate master of his craft.

A geographical concept based on outdated European ideas of race – does 'Melanesia' exist?

A cautionary Classical tale of solipsism and self-obsession.

‘What will future generations judge us most harshly for? That we allowed Donald Trump to violate the US constitution.’

A translator alters more than a text’s language, turning the process into a political statement.

Two fascinating, in-depth studies look, respectively, at representations of the Bard as a historical character and perceptions of his originality and reputation.

The late, great American novelist performed an important, but little-known, cultural role during the Cold War.  

An authoritative and engaging new study questions whether this Eastern Mediterranean culture had a homogeneous language or cultural heritage.