Let Me Not Be Mad: powerful case histories of unravelling minds
Neuropsychologist AK Benjamin conjures strange and powerful stories in a book poised between fiction and memoir.
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The next crash
Captain Marvel is a funny, sprightly and warm superhero film
Brie Larson brings amused intelligence to the Marvel franchise as Carol Danvers.
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Tana French’s The Wych Elm shows the problem with the “literary” thriller
French’s attempt to elevate crime fiction into literature leaves the reader in a near-constant state of befuddlement.
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Moscow in My Head
A new poem by Fred Johnston.
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Richard Sorge, the soviet agent who changed history
Stalin and the seat-of-his-pants spy.
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What is Richard Gere doing in a crummy British TV drama?
Plus: The latest installment of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag is perfect television.
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In praise of local radio
With the news that Global is closing more than 40 local breakfast shows, Antonia Quirke mourns the loss of…
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David Wallace-Wells: the writer forcing us to face the climate apocalypse
The author of the bestselling book The Uninhabitable Earth on why “we are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible”.
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How emotional labour harms us all
Workers are put at high risk of anxiety and burnout, while consumers are emboldened to behave aggressively.
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Commons Confidential: Is Starmer preparing an exit?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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How future wars between India and Pakistan could draw in the US and China
The effect of a miscalculation could be more devastating than we can imagine.
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Letter of the week: The retrospect-o-scope
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced…
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From Beckham to Ronaldo, it’s a fact: statues of footballers always look like Dennis Waterman
The insistence that statues of players actually look like their subjects shows the perennial conflict between visionary artists and the baying mob.
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Want to win an argument online? Don’t give away your political position upfront
Partisan hashtags give egoists and grifters a shortcut to a diehard following and reinforce online echo chambers.
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Chris Deerin’s Notebook: Ruth Davidson’s new arrival, Holyrood redux, and rocking out for Rowling
The release of my band’s debut album at the age of 45 has taken me away from one of Scotland’s…
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Elif Shafak’s Diary: The retreat of liberal democracy, a night of Irish spirit, and Istanbul’s undesirables
It is a sign of the times that I find myself defending liberal values in London, the city that welcomed…
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Leader: A devalued economy
The UK, damaged by Brexit and austerity, will face the next recession in its weakest position for decades.
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First Thoughts: The causes of knife crime and Margaret Thatcher’s missing museum
Police officers are calling for the return of stop-and-search after knife crime reaches an all-time high.
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Dear God, can’t someone do something to distract Chris Grayling?
He burned through more than £200m of taxpayers’ cash in one news cycle.
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Why Tom Watson has gone to war with the Labour leader’s office
No one seriously disputes that the deputy leader would rather Corbyn was not in post.
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Court jester, mob orator: The Prodigy’s Keith Flint was rave on legs
It is distressing to imagine this indefatigable avatar of ’avin it descending to a place of self-erasure.
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It took the arrival of a young man in a pickup truck to remind me that March is mulch month
A young man parked a heavily laden pickup in the village one afternoon recently and a few minutes later…
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Inspired by Nigel Farage, I undertake my own protest march, all the way to Alyth
Nigel Farage is to walk from Sunderland to London in protest at something. I can’t remember what, but he…
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I’ve lost my hearing. My head feels enormous, I want to hide – and the world’s a scarier place
It is two weeks since my eardrum perforated on the train and I am still deaf.
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Hospitals save lives every day – but it’s often impossible to get a good night’s sleep
Noise levels on hospital wards far exceed the levels recommended by the World Health Organization
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Philippa Perry Q&A: “I used to love Jane Austen – now I think she was a snob“
The psychotherapist on admiring Mhairi Black, Chopin and why her Mastermind subject would be Jane Austen.
By Moscow in My Head
A new poem by Fred Johnston.
By From Beckham to Ronaldo, it’s a fact: statues of footballers always look like Dennis Waterman
The insistence that statues of players actually look like their subjects shows the perennial conflict between visionary artists and the baying mob.
By Richard Sorge, the soviet agent who changed history
Stalin and the seat-of-his-pants spy.
By Tana French’s The Wych Elm shows the problem with the “literary” thriller
French’s attempt to elevate crime fiction into literature leaves the reader in a near-constant state of befuddlement.
By Let Me Not Be Mad: powerful case histories of unravelling minds
Neuropsychologist AK Benjamin conjures strange and powerful stories in a book poised between fiction and memoir.
By Want to win an argument online? Don’t give away your political position upfront
Partisan hashtags give egoists and grifters a shortcut to a diehard following and reinforce online echo chambers.
By Dear God, can’t someone do something to distract Chris Grayling?
He burned through more than £200m of taxpayers’ cash in one news cycle.
By Captain Marvel is a funny, sprightly and warm superhero film
Brie Larson brings amused intelligence to the Marvel franchise as Carol Danvers.
By Chris Deerin’s Notebook: Ruth Davidson’s new arrival, Holyrood redux, and rocking out for Rowling
The release of my band’s debut album at the age of 45 has taken me away from one of Scotland’s…
By In praise of local radio
With the news that Global is closing more than 40 local breakfast shows, Antonia Quirke mourns the loss of…
By Elif Shafak’s Diary: The retreat of liberal democracy, a night of Irish spirit, and Istanbul’s undesirables
It is a sign of the times that I find myself defending liberal values in London, the city that welcomed…
By How emotional labour harms us all
Workers are put at high risk of anxiety and burnout, while consumers are emboldened to behave aggressively.
By What is Richard Gere doing in a crummy British TV drama?
Plus: The latest installment of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag is perfect television.
By David Wallace-Wells: the writer forcing us to face the climate apocalypse
The author of the bestselling book The Uninhabitable Earth on why “we are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible”.
By Commons Confidential: Is Starmer preparing an exit?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By It took the arrival of a young man in a pickup truck to remind me that March is mulch month
A young man parked a heavily laden pickup in the village one afternoon recently and a few minutes later…
By How future wars between India and Pakistan could draw in the US and China
The effect of a miscalculation could be more devastating than we can imagine.
By Inspired by Nigel Farage, I undertake my own protest march, all the way to Alyth
Nigel Farage is to walk from Sunderland to London in protest at something. I can’t remember what, but he…
By Letter of the week: The retrospect-o-scope
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced…
By I’ve lost my hearing. My head feels enormous, I want to hide – and the world’s a scarier place
It is two weeks since my eardrum perforated on the train and I am still deaf.
By Hospitals save lives every day – but it’s often impossible to get a good night’s sleep
Noise levels on hospital wards far exceed the levels recommended by the World Health Organization
By Why Tom Watson has gone to war with the Labour leader’s office
No one seriously disputes that the deputy leader would rather Corbyn was not in post.
By First Thoughts: The causes of knife crime and Margaret Thatcher’s missing museum
Police officers are calling for the return of stop-and-search after knife crime reaches an all-time high.
By Philippa Perry Q&A: “I used to love Jane Austen – now I think she was a snob“
The psychotherapist on admiring Mhairi Black, Chopin and why her Mastermind subject would be Jane Austen.
By Leader: A devalued economy
The UK, damaged by Brexit and austerity, will face the next recession in its weakest position for decades.
By Court jester, mob orator: The Prodigy’s Keith Flint was rave on legs
It is distressing to imagine this indefatigable avatar of ’avin it descending to a place of self-erasure.
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