Why thriller writers love to imagine Britain being invaded by Nazis
Len Deighton’s SS-GB and the lure of alternate histories.
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Did a lack of empathy cause both Brexit and Trump?
Since Barack Obama declared that America has an “empathy deficit”, empathy has become a political buzzword. But is it always…
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Another Brooklyn proves that friendship can mean just as much as romance
Jacqueline Woodson’s beautiful new coming-of-age novel reminds us that it is not just our romantic relationships which define us.
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What cats can teach us about how to live
We should celebrate the solitary hunters among us.
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In 2014, a white cop shot a black teenager – and Black Lives Matter came to life
They Can’t Kill Us All is a courageous chronicle of how police violence sparked a political movement.
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Imperial melting pot: how a new book reveals the remarkable history of Istanbul
A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes shows how kings, emperors and sultans have been fighting over the city…
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SRSLY #79: Lion / Witless / Fen
On the pop culture podcast: Lion, BBC Three comedy Witless and Daisy Johnson’s short story collection Fen.
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Whatever happened to the public intellectual?
Philosophy used to be a staple of television and the newspapers. Not any longer. So where did all the philosophers…
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