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Poetry’s debt to birdsong

The creatures of the air have for centuries inspired some of our finest writing, and they still do

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In Patchett’s world, even the well-adjusted have hidden tales to tell

By Abhrajyoti Chakraborty

Sathnam Sanghera’s biography is the first serious reckoning with Michael’s life and music

By Kate Mossman

AI is taking the humanity out of our jobs

By Will Dunn

Amanda Craig’s new novel offers a snapshot of a society reeling from insecurity and division

By George Monaghan

A history of the Black Death overlooks its more surprising developments

By Peter Frankopan

Siri Hustvedt’s reflections on the death of her husband offer a wise meditation on grief and its many mutations

By Josh Cohen

Tudor and Stuart England was more a porous nation than a sceptred isle

By Christina Faraday