What we lose when a language dies
Sophia Smith Galer’s book is a rallying cry against linguistic extinction
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AI will dissolve civilisation as we know it
Demis Hassabis has dedicated himself to guiding machine intelligence for the betterment of humanity – but is it listening?
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Ben Lerner has taken autofiction somewhere new
The American novelist’s new book is not truly about ego, or technology, but a more elusive and universal theme
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Lena Dunham’s Girls girls
At a book talk in Hackney, Dunham’s devout followers meet their idol
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Lena Dunham and the art monster
Her memoir Famesick shows the corrosive effect of living through one’s work
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Is it still cool to be Jay McInerney?
The novelist was once a prince of New York’s literary scene. Today, he chronicles wine instead of the modern city
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The fabrications of Albert Speer
The Nazi architect wrote his own self-exculpatory story – but what about his crimes?
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Private equity’s hostile takeover of Britain
Hettie O’Brien’s The Asset Class reveals how a morally dubious business financing model swallowed the public sector
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