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Last updated: May 23, 2025

    The best books on Conservatism and Culture, recommended by Sam Tanenhaus

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    The best books on Conservatism and Culture - God and Man at Yale by William F Buckley Jr

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    God and Man at Yale
    by William F Buckley Jr

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    The best books on Conservatism and Culture - Mr Sammler’s Planet by Saul Bellow

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    Mr Sammler’s Planet
    by Saul Bellow

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    The best books on Conservatism and Culture - Rabbit Redux by John Updike

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    Rabbit Redux
    by John Updike

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    The best books on Conservatism and Culture - Nixon Agonistes by Garry Wills

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    Nixon Agonistes
    by Garry Wills

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    The best books on Conservatism and Culture - Confessions of a Conservative by Garry Wills

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    Confessions of a Conservative
    by Garry Wills

  • Sam Tanenhaus, editor of The New York Times Book Review from 2004 to 2013, explains how the American right reinvented itself as a cultural counter-revolution and selects five books as backgrounders to conservatism.

  • The best books on Conservatism and Culture - God and Man at Yale by William F Buckley Jr
  • The best books on Conservatism and Culture - Mr Sammler’s Planet by Saul Bellow
  • The best books on Conservatism and Culture - Rabbit Redux by John Updike
  • The best books on Conservatism and Culture - Nixon Agonistes by Garry Wills
  • The best books on Conservatism and Culture - Confessions of a Conservative by Garry Wills

The best books on Conservatism and Culture, recommended by Sam Tanenhaus

Sam Tanenhaus, editor of The New York Times Book Review from 2004 to 2013, explains how the American right reinvented itself as a cultural counter-revolution and selects five books as backgrounders to conservatism.

The best books on Conservatism and Culture, recommended by Sam Tanenhaus

    The best books on Heavy Metal, recommended by Keith Kahn Harris

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    The best books on Heavy Metal - Running with the Devil: Power, Gender and Madness in Heavy Metal Music by Robert Walser

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    Running with the Devil: Power, Gender and Madness in Heavy Metal Music
    by Robert Walser

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    The best books on Heavy Metal - Queerness in Heavy Metal Music: Metal Bent by Amber R Clifford-Napoleone

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    Queerness in Heavy Metal Music: Metal Bent
    by Amber R Clifford-Napoleone

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    The best books on Heavy Metal - Black Sabbath's Master of Reality by John Darnielle

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    Black Sabbath's Master of Reality
    by John Darnielle

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    The best books on Heavy Metal - Into the Black: The Inside Story of Metallica, 1991-2014 by Ian Winwood and Paul Brannigan

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    Into the Black: The Inside Story of Metallica, 1991-2014
    by Ian Winwood and Paul Brannigan

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    The best books on Heavy Metal - True Norwegian Black Metal by Peter Beste

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    True Norwegian Black Metal
    by Peter Beste

  • Metal music, developed in the sixties and seventies, is notorious for its dark and disturbing imagery and its aggressive sound. But there's nothing to be afraid of, says sociologist and fan Keith Kahn-Harris: it's all part of the mythmaking of metal.

  • The best books on Heavy Metal - Running with the Devil: Power, Gender and Madness in Heavy Metal Music by Robert Walser
  • The best books on Heavy Metal - Queerness in Heavy Metal Music: Metal Bent by Amber R Clifford-Napoleone
  • The best books on Heavy Metal - Black Sabbath's Master of Reality by John Darnielle
  • The best books on Heavy Metal - Into the Black: The Inside Story of Metallica, 1991-2014 by Ian Winwood and Paul Brannigan
  • The best books on Heavy Metal - True Norwegian Black Metal by Peter Beste

The best books on Heavy Metal, recommended by Keith Kahn Harris

Metal music, developed in the sixties and seventies, is notorious for its dark and disturbing imagery and its aggressive sound. But there’s nothing to be afraid of, says sociologist and fan Keith Kahn-Harris: it’s all part of the mythmaking of metal.

The best books on Heavy Metal, recommended by Keith Kahn Harris

    The best books on Education and Society, recommended by Alison Wolf

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    The best books on Education and Society - The Rise of the Meritocracy by Michael Young

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    The Rise of the Meritocracy
    by Michael Young

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    The best books on Education and Society - The Harpole Report by James Lloyd Carr

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    The Harpole Report
    by James Lloyd Carr

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    The best books on Education and Society - The Economy of Cities by Jane Jacobs

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    The Economy of Cities
    by Jane Jacobs

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    The best books on Education and Society - Education and the Working Class by Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden

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    Education and the Working Class
    by Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden

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    The best books on Education and Society - Independent People by Halldor Laxness

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    Independent People
    by Halldor Laxness

  • KCL Professor Alison Wolf is an authority on education and the labour market. She recommends books on education and society, highlighting Icelandic pastoral neo-myth Independent People

  • The best books on Education and Society - The Rise of the Meritocracy by Michael Young
  • The best books on Education and Society - The Harpole Report by James Lloyd Carr
  • The best books on Education and Society - The Economy of Cities by Jane Jacobs
  • The best books on Education and Society - Education and the Working Class by Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden
  • The best books on Education and Society - Independent People by Halldor Laxness

The best books on Education and Society, recommended by Alison Wolf

KCL Professor Alison Wolf is an authority on education and the labour market. She recommends books on education and society, highlighting Icelandic pastoral neo-myth Independent People

The best books on Education and Society, recommended by Alison Wolf
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