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Four excellent books to get your teeth into while you remain holed up
Reviews Whether you’re going on a staycation (or even an actual holiday) or remaining holed up at home. Merryn Somerset Webb has four perfect books to educate and entertain you.
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Six contrarian books for Christmas
Features Merryn Somerset Webb picks six of her favourite contrarian books to help you look clever and perhaps win a few arguments over the Christmas dinner table.
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Book review: a fascinating take on recent European history
Features Alarums and Excursions A former speechwriter for the European Council president looks at some of the key challenges that the EU has faced over the past decade.
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Book in the news: Rees-Mogg's mind-bogglingly banal work of self-promotion
Features Book review: The VictoriansJacob Rees-Mogg makes little effort in this uninteresting and badly written run through of the usual Victorian suspects.
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Lessons for budding entrepreneurs
Features Book review: What it Takes Raegan Moya-Jones' book is an entertaining and informative “warts and all” account of how she set up her business.
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Book in the news: countries in therapy
Features Book review: Upheaval Jared Diamond’s approach is somewhat at odds with conventional historians as he attempts to draw lessons from countries that have been through trauma.
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Book of the week: why Trump got elected
Features Book review: People, Power and Profits Joseph E Stiglitz addresses the discontent that paved Donald Trump's way to power.
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Book of the week: the problems with Chinese trade
Features Book review: The Silk Road Trap Jonathan Holslag argues that Beijing has repeatedly outmanoeuvred Brussels by getting Europe to open its markets in return for vague promises that the Chinese will do the same.
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Seven well-chosen private equity case studies
Features Book review: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Private Equity Anybody wanting to know more about the private equity industry should find something that appeals in Sebastien Canderle's book.
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