New leaves: the debut novels that stormed the Man Booker longlist
The longlisted debut novelists range from an established poet to a first-time author.
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Charles Frazier’s Varina is a novel of clear-eyed, eloquent sympathy
A flawed novel, but a fascinating one all the same.
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Moneyland: how the super-rich looted their own countries to create an elite global haven
The global rich now move their money, their assets and themselves wherever they wish, choosing which countries’ laws they wish…
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How the Second World War made Britain multicultural
The stories of the thousands who came to Britain from the colonies and the occupied nations of Europe during World…
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Looking to the future: the young educators in search of new ways of teaching
As the coalition-era reforms falter and fail, some teachers are looking to the future, not to the past, for education…
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Robert Graves: the reluctant First World War poet
Jean Moorcroft Wilson’s new biography convincingly makes the case for Graves as a major war poet, however much he attempted…
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John Law: the 18th-century Scot who became richer than the king of France
The remarkable story of how John Law transformed the French economy after establishing a national bank.
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What “sexy sheikh literature” reveals about Western ideas of the Middle East
How many times must I pick up a book, ostensibly about the Middle East, only to read page upon page…
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