Reading about Sylvia Plath, I understand we should all reserve the right to lie about ourselves
It used to be that only celebrities were subjects of biography, but life online has changed this.
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How Melania Trump gets what she wants
Dismissing Melania ignores two extraordinary feats: rising from lone eastern European immigrant to First Lady in 20 years, and being…
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Ernest Bevin: The forgotten titan of Labourism
Andrew Adonis’s biography on “Labour’s Churchill” rescues Bevin from undeserved obscurity.
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Iain Dale’s diary: Festivals both digital and drive-in, Beirut, and why I speak out as a survivor
Long after I was the first Brit to visit Beirut since the release of John McCarthy it became the tourist destination it should always…
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The sexual politics of Twilight
Stephanie Meyer will publish Midnight Sun, the fifth instalment of the Twilight saga, on 4 August. But how will Edward’s…
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The best new children’s books for the coronavirus crisis
From hugless friends to heroic mice, these are the best stories to get your kids through the pandemic.
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How the Beatles changed the world in seven years
Craig Brown’s One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time explores how, in less than a decade, the band redefined…
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Sex Robots & Vegan Meat: when technology seeks to replace biology
Midway through Jenny Kleeman’s entertaining survey of the latest advances in life sciences, I began to worry.
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