When song lyrics become literature
From Pet Shop Boys to Kate Bush, pop stars are publishing their songs as books. What do their words reveal…
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Bitter feuds, buried scandal: the contested world of literary estates
When an author dies, literary estates take over – bringing disputes, fraud and conflagrations.
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Back to the future: what to read in 2019
A planet in crisis, Orwell’s legacy and the art of doing nothing – plus new fiction by Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith…
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Martha Nussbaum: “There’s no tension in supporting #MeToo and defending legal sex work“
The philosopher on sexual harassment, literature, and how she plans to spend her $1m Berggruen Prize.
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I loved The Handmaid’s Tale. But Margaret Atwood’s promise of a sequel makes me nervous
Atwood is the author, but with anti-Trump protesters donning red gowns, who actually owns The Handmaid’s Tale?
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Heart and soul: why the human heart is more than its mechanics
Most languages are littered with references to the heart as the seat of the soul and emotion. This is not…
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Investigating insomnia: on living with sleeplessness
Marina Benjamin explores the semiotics of sleep and its absence.
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The complex roots of populism
Populism succeeds by separating us into “the people” and “the corrupt elite” – but its causes are deeper and more…
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