18 Apr 2022 - 1:04am

The books that made me Only reading can prepare us for life's tragedies

Michel Houellebecq

29.03

Inside China’s fiction factories Bribery and plagiarism are the key to success

Megan Walsh

21.02

The empathy of Joseph Stalin Nothing is more dangerous than a well-read dictator

Boyd Tonkin

26.01

The importance of Bronze Age Pervert The radical Right flourishes in an atomised world

Murtaza Hussain

10.12

This is Tolkien’s world The Lord of the Rings is more than nostalgic medievalism

Dominic Sandbrook

09.12

Inside the trans publishing purge Children's authors are silenced for telling the truth

Josephine Bartosch

21.10

Hillary’s fantasy presidency Her new thriller reads like a consolation prize

Kat Rosenfield

03.09

Are white feminists evil? New anti-racist books don't understand the true power of modern feminism

Kat Rosenfield

28.06

Antiracism won’t save you Robin DiAngelo's new book is self-help for narcissistic white people

Tomiwa Owolade

24.06

Why Labour won’t win back Britain Failed leaders would rather fix the world than fix their party

Will Lloyd

27.04

Books won’t save you You can't use literature as a shortcut to self-improvement

Sarah Ditum

26.08

Will the Conservatives start conserving? Britain is the most nature-obsessed country on the planet — a fact not reflected in Government policy

Tom Holland