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I'm delighted to report that my Hoover colleague (and emeritus professor at Cornell), Barry Strauss, will be guest-blogging this week… The post Barry Strauss Guest-Blogging About "Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire" appeared first on Reason.com.

Len Pennie won praise and faced criticism for exploring domestic abuse in her award-winning debut. She talks about partying sober, writing in Scots, and why she’s rooting out stigma in her follow-up collection

"I was quite surprised because that was not the impression I got."

Broadcaster Clare Balding hinted at changes in her relationship with Alice Arnold as she launched her first novel, sparking widespread speculation online.

The Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival runs until September 14.

The odd-couple presenters’ wits are perfectly matched in this treat of a travelogue. It’s a good-natured, sweet show that walks comfortably in contentious territory

Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace is a study of how sovereigns and politicians have circled one another for two centuries. It is well-researched; flashes of brilliance sit alongside passages that feel well worn. Among the revelations in the book’s serialisation was the late Queen’s aside to George Osborne to…

A judge approved the release of the affidavit Friday in response to a request from media organizations, including Axios..

In a bizarre twist in the murder of Charlie Kirk, Amazon has removed from its Kindle offerings the book "The Shooting of Charlie Kirk," written by Anastasia J. Casey, after users of the platform and journalists called attention to the publication date, noticing that it had been published a day…

Conspiracy theorists wonder about what Epstein and his powerful friends may have done to cover up his crimes. But they barely were covered up

Fizzing with intelligence, and featuring a catastrophic misunderstanding and a deeply symbolic cigar, this richly imagined play feels all too plausible