Be transported to an ash-shrouded Iceland with Sjón’s new novel Moonstone
Moonstone is in some ways Sjón’s most straightforward book – but there is a wonderful netherworld quality to its ashen Reykjaví.
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Why do we talk to ourselves? A new book investigates the voices in our heads
The Voices Within by Charles Fernyhough is an ear-opening book – and an important corrective to myths about schizophrenia, the brain and even…
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The Jewish lawyers who reinvented justice
Two new books explore the trials of Nazis – and ask how they changed our conception of justice.
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The Pier Falls is a skilful short story collection – and the glummest book I’ve read in years
There’s no doubting Mark Haddon’s talent, but if his stories are sympathetic, there’s not much pity in them.
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Lionel Shriver’s new novel creates a whole world – but can’t quite grasp its inhabitants
Like Shriver’s previous offerings, The Mandibles: a Family – 2029-2047 takes on a difficult topic: this time, American debt.
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How Tony Blair’s disingenuous line on Iraq eroded our faith in politicians
Not the Chilcot Report by Peter Oborne reveals how Blair exagerrated evidence from the intelligence services to parliament – and the…
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The refugee crisis proves that Fortress Europe is a fantasy
In 2015, more people landed in Greece in a single month than the whole EU has agreed to share over…
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How Moby’s Porcelain reinvents the music memoir
Porcelain: a Memoir swerves around the tired tropes of most rock stories in a joyfully honest look at his life in the…
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