On freedom vs motherhood
Helen Taylor’s memoir Childless by Choice – a reflection on her child-free life – offers the perspective that’s often missing…
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How to read Morgan McSweeney
Why is the Starmer’s chief adviser turning to Alexander Karp, a Silicon Valley billionaire, for inspiration?
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Ignore the pessimists – we are living through a literary golden age
Literature is booming. Literary culture needs to catch up.
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From Stephen King to Noah Eaton: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring A Perfect Harmony by David Darling and “I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer” edited by Mary Beth Norton.
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How terror came home on 7/7
In Three Weeks in July, Adam Wishart and James Nally show how the Islamist bomb attacks of July 2005 changed…
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The endless variety of England’s folk traditions
Lally MacBeth’s attempt to chronicle of-the-people culture in detail is a treasure trove of both British folk memory and new…
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The earworms of Erik Satie
The dapper composer who invented background music was driven by a profound if offbeat religiosity.
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What’s wrong with Sarah Vine?
The columnist’s memoir promises an insider’s account of the Cameron years – but instead provides a study in overwhelming self-pity.
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