The paradoxes and platitudes of Salman Rushdie
In a new collection of essays, the author reveals the difficulty of reconciling his belief in multiplicity and ambiguity with a kind of…
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What Lyndsey Stonebridge gets right – and wrong – in Writing and Righting
One of our most interesting critics turns to the relationship between literature and human rights in contemporary society – but her focus…
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Olivia Sudjic’s Asylum Road is a post-Brexit novel about loss and longing for home
In her third book, the novelist interrogates the meaning of refuge in the modern world.
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Everyone and no one belongs to New York
Two new books capture the resilient spirit of New York City – and the people who call it home.
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Reviewed in short: New books from Pragya Agarwal, Natalia Ginzburg, Ed Husain and David Storey
(M)otherhood by Agarwal, The Road to the City by Ginzburg, translated by Frances Frenaye, Among the Mosques by Husain and A Stinging Delight: A…
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The revolt of the English
How politicised grievance in England and a surging Scottish nationalism are fraying the liberal fibres of the Union.
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Dante in the dock: Why Florence wants to clear the poet’s name
Seven hundred years after the poet’s death, many believe he should be exonerated of the crimes for which he was exiled from…
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Karin Slaughter Q&A: “Ariana Grande gave me a concert in an airport bathroom“
The author discusses admiring Hillary Clinton, the Dutch artist Sam Drukker and anti-vaxxers.
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