From Ovid to Covid: why poetry is enjoying a renaissance
Throughout the pandemic, poetry has been mobilised as a source of consolation and a powerful form of self-expression.
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The rise and fall of the Great British gangster memoir
How the popularity of true crime ended the golden era of self-consciously hammy autobiographies by reformed East End criminals.
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The pandemic letters
The novelist Sarah Perry and the oncologist Sam Guglani discuss the capacity of both medicine and art to respond to…
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How to stop a pandemic
Our leaders must learn from the Covid-19 crisis to prepare for the next virus.
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How Zora Neale Hurston rewrote the rule book
Exploring the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance writer, who went on to influence generations of writers, from Toni Morrison to…
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How the alt-right shifted the Overton window
Andrew Marantz’s Antisocial: How Online Extremists Broke America is a refreshingly insightful account of how the alt-right used technology to…
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John Lloyd’s latest book is a devastating argument against Scottish independence
In Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, Lloyd exposes what the SNP knows, but will not admit: the dire economic consequences of leaving…
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How public figures are spending the Covid-19 lockdown
Emily Maitlis, Jon Snow, David Lammy, Elif Shafak, Juliet Stevenson and others on their new routines and what they’ve learned during…
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