The visions of Werner Herzog
In creating wild and strange new worlds, the German film-maker reveals the truth of our own.
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What it means to be German
Frank Trentmann’s history reveals how modern Germany found a new moral purpose after the horrors of Nazism.
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Inside the erotic mind
Psychoanalyst Darian Leader’s study of the motivations behind sex and desire is irredeemably bonkers.
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Joseph Roth’s lessons for Putin’s Russia
A century ago The Radetzky March captured the break-up of Austria-Hungary. Could it also predict the fall of Vladimir Putin’s…
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Elon Musk’s death drive
The tech billionaire built a world that he could rule – then allowed it to destroy him.
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The Amazon guide to burnout
Kristi Coulter’s account of her 12-year career at the tech firm lays bare the toxic work culture of the 2010s.
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Paul Lynch: “Nothing kills a book quicker than a writer with a message”
The Booker Prize-winning author on political fiction, the refugee crisis and the “unmistakable” timeliness of his dystopian novel Prophet Song.
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The post-language world
Tech visionaries may dream of a wordless future, but even Elon Musk cannot disrupt the communal power of speech.
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