Robert Low

The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to Covid-19

A deep dive into a world of medieval superstition

Book review: Architect of Terror - When Franco ruled and hatred spread

Revealing account of the shocking antisemitism that underpinned the 1936 nationalist uprising that led to Spain's civil war

Sidney Reilly book review: The mysterious agent of his own downfall

Brilliantly told espionage story with a very elusive protagonist

Muppets in Moscow Book review: When Kermit and Miss Piggy went to the Kremlin

A fascinating account of how an American TV classic was exported to Russia

Book review: Emergency State: How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters - When Covid ruled us

It’s hard to disagree with human rights lawyer Adam Wagner when he writes in his new book that 'British society became as close to a police state as in living memory' when coronavirus struck

Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control book review - We have ways of making you believe what we want

A fascinating and chilling history of mind manipulation

Book review: Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview and Other Conversations - A portrait of a very private woman

Author and journalist Janet Malcolm is an icon to young females - quite an achievement for a reserved type in what was and still is a tough, male-dominated trade

Book review: Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties

A book which holds German big brands to account for their Nazi links

Review: Age of Confidence: The New Jewish Culture Wave

Jewish Renaissance has sustained twenty years of Jewish cultural craftwork

Review: Escape from the Ghetto

Review: Secret Letters - A Battle of Britain Love Story

This weekend marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. This book is a worthy memorial to these young heroes and to the modest intelligence officer who recorded their triumphs and tragedies

Book review: Darke Matter

Finely crafted tale of a magnificent curmudgeon