This week, TLS editor Martin Ivens and writer and broadcaster James O'Brien on the long decline of the Conservatives; and Muriel Zagha celebrates 75 years of Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes.
'The Party's Over: The rise and fall of the Conservatives from
Thatcher to Sunak', by Phil Barton-Cartledge
'The Right to Rule: Thirteen years, five prime ministers and the
implosion of the Tories', by Ben Riley-Smith
'The Case for the Centre Right', edited by David Gauke
'All to Play For: The advance of Rishi Sunak', by Michael Ashcroft
'The Red Shoes: Beyond the mirror', BFI Southbank, until January 7
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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Introducing: Stories of our times
‘A very peculiar telegram’
The kangaroo curve
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Tales of a century
Passion projects
Absolutely worth the hype
The Mirror & the Light – an extract from Hilary Mantel's new novel
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Vanilla sex in Pompeii
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Anne Enright – a reading from Actress
Daniel Kehlmann, an interview
Bringing Tolstoy down
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Byron's oddness
Huge stars in a minor key
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