The interwar years were as bewildering as the present
Alwyn Turner’s new history reassures us that the past is not, as many imagine, any cosier or more patriotic than…
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Ali Smith’s infectious hope
For two pairs of sisters in her new novel Glyph, storytelling is a way of dealing with troubles past and…
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How the Soviet Union got over Stalin – or thought it did
His successors proclaimed a more liberal socialism. But was it ever real?
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Stop over-intellectualising pop
An anxiety underlies efforts by critics such as Maggie Nelson to justify liking Taylor Swift and Charli XCX
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Hunter S Thompson’s freaks have overrun America
The pioneer of gonzo chronicled his people’s wild descent – and saw what his country has now become
ByAugust 1987: Geoff Dyer reviews the writer’s selected works
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The best non-fiction to read this year
From memoirs by politicians to biographies of poets, this will be a year in which life-writing abounds
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The best fiction to read this year
Despite the doomsters, novels continue to thrive. From Julian Barnes to Leïla Slimani, this will be a great 12 months…
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