How to make a hit: what Brahms, Donald Trump and Raymond Loewy knew
In Hit Makers, Derek Thompson reveals the secrets of success in the arts, politics and beyond
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Yiyun Li: Can reading help you conquer depression?
In her memoir of depression and reading, Yiyun Li speaks to all those with unquiet minds.
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Can you first remember when you heard about time travel?
James Gleick’s Time Travel: A History offers hope and nostalgia.
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The art of suffering: Sara Baume’s A Line Made By Walking
Dead relatives, death-filled homes, rural wanderings fill Sara Baume’s haunting new novel.
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Why Ezra Pound was the most difficult man of the twentieth century
Adam Kirsch on Daniel Swift’s The Bughouse: the Poetry, Politics and Madness of Ezra Pound.
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A muse is for sharing: Fiona Sampson’s Lyric Cousins
In her latest work, Fiona Sampson’s verse is alive to musicality.
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What caused the Russian revolution? Look to the powder keg of Petrograd
How unrest exploded in 1917 – with help from Russia’s Terrible Twins.
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How Native American culture fought back against the colonisers
The British Museum’s new exhibition reveals the resilience of First Nations culture.
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