Norman Lewis’s secret 20th century
In wartime Naples or Castro’s Cuba, the inconspicuous writer-traveller was a vivid chronicler of unseen worlds.
By John Gray
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The past has been marked by periods of acceptance and intolerance of women’s bodily autonomy. Can it offer lessons for…
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Vincenzo Latronico’s Perfection finely itemizes his generation’s quirks and quiddities, from their tastes in furniture to their favourite drugs.
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The useless beauty of male birds is evidence of something evolutionists long struggled to accept: female agency.
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The unbearable weight of the literary canon
Daunted by the breadth of the material, I fear I will never be well read enough.
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Why you can’t trust economists
Dispassionate discussions of financial markets are often political statements in disguise.
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