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Age Of Security: The Rise Of A Global Obsession Ruben Andersson (William Collins £22, 352pp) By NICK RENNISON Published: 05:00 EDT, 23 August 2026 | Updated: 05:00 EDT, 23 August 2026 <!-- -->…

'God damn you!’ were the last words of King George V, spoken to a nurse attempting to administer an injection. It was a crotchety end for the 70-year-old pheasant-shooting, stamp-collecting king, who’d worked hard to uphold rigid…

By ANTHONY CUMMINS Published: 05:00 EDT, 21 August 2026 | Updated: 05:00 EDT, 21 August 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- SWITZY by Emma…

By JAMIE BUXTON Published: 05:00 EDT, 21 August 2026 | Updated: 05:00 EDT, 21 August 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- The Ballad of…

By JULIAN HOFFMAN Published: 05:00 EDT, 21 August 2026 | Updated: 05:49 EDT, 21 August 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- What book are you…

By SARA LAWRENCE Published: 05:00 EDT, 21 August 2026 | Updated: 05:50 EDT, 21 August 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- Laura Clark…

By GEOFFREY WANSELL Published: 05:00 EDT, 21 August 2026 | Updated: 05:52 EDT, 21 August 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- The British…

On April 20, 1534, Elizabeth Barton, a 28-year-old former domestic servant from Kent, had the doubtful honour of being the first woman to have her severed head stuck on a spike on London Bridge.Her crime was high treason. Recently,…

 In the company of sheep by Polly Pullar (Birlinn £12.99 258pp)By CONSTANCE CRAIG SMITH Published: 12:00 EDT, 20 August 2026 | Updated: 12:04 EDT, 20 August 2026 <!-- --> <!--…

Snake Men by Zach St George (W. W. Norton £22, 272pp)By MARK MASON Published: 04:00 EDT, 16 August 2026 | Updated: 04:00 EDT, 16 August 2026 <!-- --> <!-- -->…