Category: Book review

We are repeatedly told that we should learn from the airline industry in order to solve our perennial problems with patient safety. So why don’t we? Why is the NHS so dysfunctional in its management? Henry Tegner’s review of Barry Monk’s important book makes the answer to these questions distressingly clear.

Princes Park Health Centre has an iconic status within the health economy of Merseyside. Founded in 1977 by Cyril Taylor, it was set up as an explicitly socialist practice in a deprived inner-city area. Chris Dowrick reviews Katy Gardner and Susanna Graham Jones book, which tells its remarkable story.

Is it time to take a step back and reflect on the wider consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic? Judith Dawson reviews a monograph by Samar Razaq that does just that.

‘The Migrant Diaries is the most powerful, moving, and informative account I have come across of the worldwide migrant/refugee crisis … ‘ — Dougal Jeffries reviews Dr Lynne Jones latest novel, The Migrant Diaries.

David Hockney shows no sign of slowing down at 82 – he says “work is more fun than fun”. Roger Jones reviews this wonderful book by Martin Gayford, placing Hockney’s latest project within the whole stream of art history.

Winston Churchill defined Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”. Dr Harald Lipman was Medical Attaché to the British Embassy in Moscow in the 1980s. Jim Brockbank reviews his memoirs.

Those suffering gender dysphoria may easily be caught up and crushed by controversy, only adding to their suffering. Peter Misselbrook reviews a book that that tells the story of one family’s journey, and asks whether we may be part of the problem or whether we can show unconditional love towards those wresting with gender identity.