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In both the USA and Latin America, there is a long-standing belief that the countries of the Americas have a common interest and destiny. Anthony Pagden assesses the prospects for transcontinental collaboration today. literaryreview.co.uk/pax-americana

Vladimir Putin served his apprenticeship in the KGB toward the end of the Cold War, a period during which Western societies were infiltrated by so-called 'illegals'. Piers Brendon examines how the culture of Soviet spycraft shaped his thinking. literaryreview.co.uk/tinker-tailor-…

Henry James returned to America in 1904 with three objectives: to see his brother William, to deliver a series of lectures on Balzac, and to gather material for a pair of books about modern America. Peter Rose follows James out west. literaryreview.co.uk/the-restless-a…

Under its longest-serving editor, Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair was that rare thing – a New York society magazine that published serious journalism. Peter York looks at what Carter got right. literaryreview.co.uk/deluxe-editions

Princess Diana was adored and scorned, idolised, canonised and chastised. Why, asks Nicola shulman, was everyone mad about Diana? Find out in the May issue of Literary Review, out now. literaryreview.co.uk

Out now! Literary Review's May 2025 issue, featuring Nicola shulman on Princess Diana Sophie Oliver on Gertrude Stein Costica Bradatan on Pascal Howard Davies on the dollar's decline Joseph Hone on Gutenberg and much, much more: literaryreview.co.uk

Convinced of her own brilliance, Gertrude Stein wished to be ‘as popular as Gilbert and Sullivan’ and laboured tirelessly to ensure that her celebrity would outlive her. Sophie Oliver examines the real Stein. literaryreview.co.uk/the-once-futur…

Johannes Gutenberg cut corners at every turn when putting together his bible. How, then, did his creation achieve such renown? Joseph Hone investigates. literaryreview.co.uk/start-the-pres…

The era of dollar dominance might be coming to an end. But if not the dollar, which currency will be the backbone of the global economic system? Howard Davies weighs up the alternatives. literaryreview.co.uk/greenbacks-dow…

Although a pioneering physicist and mathematician, Blaise Pascal made it his mission to identify the divine presence in everyday life. Costica Bradatan explores what such a figure has in common with later thinkers like Kierkegaard. literaryreview.co.uk/descartes-be-d…

How to lose an empire I read Robert Ivermee's brilliant book on French India for the Literary Review: literaryreview.co.uk/from-paris-to-…

There are 1,400+ newly collected Virginia Woolf letters. Some of them are peak Woolf cattiness, some are heartbreaking. I wrote about this incredible feat of scholarship and indispensable resource in Literary Review literaryreview.co.uk/to-the-postbox

We are saddened to hear of the death of Edmund White. We've lifted the paywall on Richard Davenport-Hines's 2014 review of White's Paris memoir. literaryreview.co.uk/scenes-from-a-…

As Apple has grown, one country above all has proved able to supply the skills and capacity it needs: China. What compromises has Apple made in its pivot east? Carl Miller investigates. literaryreview.co.uk/return-of-the-…

Of the siblings Gwen and Augustus John, it is Augustus who has commanded most attention from collectors and connoisseurs. Was he really the finer artist, asks Tanya Harrod, or is it time Gwen emerged from her brother’s shadow? literaryreview.co.uk/cut-from-the-s…

Arthur Christopher Benson was a pillar of the Edwardian establishment. He was supremely well connected. As his newly published diaries reveal, he was also riotously indiscreet. Piers Brendon compares Benson’s journals to others from the 20th century. literaryreview.co.uk/land-of-dopes-…

It wasn’t until 1825 that Pepys’s diary became available for the first time. How it was eventually decrypted and published is a story of subterfuge and duplicity. Kate Loveman tells the tale. literaryreview.co.uk/publishing-pep…

Toxic masculinity is back in the public conversation. Yet what exactly is it? Richard V. Reeves examines why young men are finding life so hard. literaryreview.co.uk/guys-trolls

Virginia Woolf is the subject of thousands of books, articles and dissertations. Is there anything new to say about her life and work? Possibly. zoe g considers nearly 1,500 previously uncollected letters. literaryreview.co.uk/to-the-postbox